linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] staging: r8188eu: remove 'added by' author comments

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Message-ID: <2eab9c9e-7e56-9920-de4d-2e53b3d7e6a1@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 13 Apr 2022 23:28:31 +0300
From:   Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
To:     Jaehee Park <jhpark1013@...il.com>, Larry.Finger@...inger.net
Cc:     phil@...lpotter.co.uk, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        outreachy@...ts.linux.dev,
        Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] staging: r8188eu: remove 'added by' author comments

Hi Jaehee,

On 4/13/22 23:11, Jaehee Park wrote:
> Author comments "Added by Albert" and "Added by Annie" are sprinkled
> through the file. Git will keep history so these comments can be
> removed from the code.
> 

these people are not in the git log, since this driver was added in 
2021. I am afraid they are not even in Larry's GH repo log.

Anyway these comments are not so useful, so patch is OK.

With regards,
Pavel Skripkin