linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: Explicitly state ordering requirements for Co-developed-by

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Date:   Thu, 21 Mar 2019 17:00:45 +0200
From:   Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@...aro.org>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Explicitly state ordering requirements for Co-developed-by

On Thu, 21 Mar 2019, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2019, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 03:30:10PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> Hmm, and my experience is exclusively limited to contributing code to
>> someone else's patches.  Rather than dictate exact ordering, what about
>> deferring to standard sign-off procedure?
>> 
>> E.g.:
>> 
>>   A Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
>>   along with the original author.  This is useful at times when multiple people
>>   work on a single patch.  Co-developed-by: must be immediately followed by a
>>   Signed-off-by: of the co-author(s).  As per standard sign-off procedure, the
>>   ordering of Co-developed-by:/Signed-off-by: pairs should reflect the patch's
>>   handling insofar as possible.  Notably, the last Signed-off-by: must always be
>>   that of the developer submitting the patch, regardless of whether they are the
>>   original author or a co-author.
>
> Yes, that makes sense.

Agreed.

BR,
Jani.

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center