linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add Co-Developed-by to signature tags

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Message-ID: <20181214183529.GA20810@himanshu-Vostro-3559>
Date:   Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:05:29 +0530
From:   Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@...aro.org>,
        apw@...onical.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, niklas.cassel@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add Co-Developed-by to signature tags

On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 09:39:10AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 22:58 +0530, Himanshu Jha wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 08:27:33AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > Is it really important to specify things like 75% / 25%
> > > authorship crediting?
> > 
> > IDK how that ratio came up into this discussion ?
> 
> How does one tell when a co-developed-by: person
> should be notated or blamed for a defective commit?
> 
> git blame shows only 1 author.

I would Cc all those who were involved in the defective
commit log.


-- 
Himanshu Jha
Undergraduate Student
Department of Electronics & Communication
Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology