linux-kernel - Re: Multiple patch authors

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Message-ID: <50894F8E.9060706@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:41:18 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Daniel J Blueman <daniel@...ascale-asia.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Multiple patch authors

On 10/25/2012 07:36 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 07:32:36AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> I have also used:
>>
>> Originally-by:
>>
>> ... for a patch originally written by one person but then
>> extensively reworked to the point of not really being the same work.
>
> Yes, whatever wording we agree upon for the tag, it should be as general
> text as possible so that it fits the majority of multiple authorship
> cases.
>

Not necessarily.  It is actually better to have more specific tags for 
different situations.

There is a reason why tip-bot accepts any tag ending in -by: ...

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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