linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] docs: submitting-patches: Add Sponsored-by tag to give credits to who sponsored the patch

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Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2023 01:21:25 +0200
From:   Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti@...ettiengineering.com>
To:     Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...nel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, workflows@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] docs: submitting-patches: Add Sponsored-by tag to
 give credits to who sponsored the patch

Hello Toke, All,

On 21/08/23 11:27, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:

[ SNIP ]

>>
>> This is also causing more work for maintainers: now they have to check
>> if any Sponsored-by tags are present, and track if there is a response
>> with a matching Acked-by tag...
>>
>> And obviously they should postpone applying the patch until a
>> confirmation response is sent... which may never happen...
> 
> Yeah, definitely not going to track that. I'm pretty agnostic to the tag
> itself, but please don't put the burden of validity testing of it on
> maintainers...

yes, I've realized only later what could this imply for Maintainers and
for Customers too in the end.

Thank you for replying!
Best regards
-- 
Giulio Benetti
CEO&CTO@...etti Engineering sas