linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: add Co-developed-by to signature tags

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Message-ID: <20181214205800.GA22639@himanshu-Vostro-3559>
Date:   Sat, 15 Dec 2018 02:28:00 +0530
From:   Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@...aro.org>,
        joe@...ches.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, apw@...onical.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, niklas.cassel@...aro.org,
        corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: add Co-developed-by to signature tags

On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 12:16:34PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:35:28 +0100 Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@...aro.org> wrote:
> 
> > As per Documentation/process/submitting-patches, Co-developed-by is a
> > valid signature.
> > 
> 
> I'm with Joe - I find this tag kinda useless and duplicative.  But whatever.

I'm fine either way, just the problem is:

	Co-developed-by Vs Co-Developed-by

with checkpatch spitting out that it is not a valid signature.

In the end, I can completely remove the tag from docs if it is useless
and duplicative.

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