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Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:15:57 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> To: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>, Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net> Subject: Re: [RFC] to rebase or not to rebase on linux-next On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 13:18 -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > Sure, but I'm not talking about changing the patch, I'm talking about a > > late "reviewed by" or "tested-by". These usually do come after a patch > > set has been moved into the final git push. It would be nice to flag a > > commit that it was tested by someone. > > > [...] > > > > My suggestion is to add an "annotation" commit that can tag another > > commit with something like a "tested-by". This way a tester can say, > > they tested this particular commit, and if someone changes it, the SHA1 > > will no longer match. And then we can also have a record of what commit > > was tested by who, after the fact that it went into git. > > There is a "git notes" feature from Johan Herland being carried in thepu > branch of the git repository. I strongly suggest to those who might > think this could be useful in this context to express their interest by > posting to git@...r.kernel.org. With a concrete need and usage scenario > (and offer to help at least with testing) this feature might become > usable sooner. > Thanks for the pointer Nicolas, but it looks like my ideas have already been NAK'd by Linus. Oh well, -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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