linux-kernel - Re: PSA: Do not use "Reported-By" without reporter's approval

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Date:   Wed, 22 May 2019 12:45:06 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PSA: Do not use "Reported-By" without reporter's approval

On Wed, 2019-05-22 at 15:30 -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> Hello, all:
> 
> It is common courtesy to include this tagline when submitting patches: 
> 
> Reported-By: J. Doe <jdoe@...mple.com>
> 
> Please ask the reporter's permission before doing so (even if they'd 
> submitted a public bugzilla report or sent a report to the mailing 
> list).

I disagree with this.

If the report is public, and lists like vger are public,
then using a Reported-by: and/or a Link: are simply useful
history and tracking information.