linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Make Helped-by tag supported

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Message-ID: <87h68k4esb.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 07:28:52 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Dragan Simic <dsimic@...jaro.org>, apw@...onical.com, joe@...ches.com
Cc: dwaipayanray1@...il.com, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com,
 workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, wens@...e.org, dsimic@...jaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Make Helped-by tag supported

Dragan Simic <dsimic@...jaro.org> writes:

> This is a short series that adds Helped-by tag to the list of accepted
> tags in scripts/checkpatch.pl, and describes the intended use of this new
> tag in Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst.
>
> The proposed Helped-by tag fits well to indicate someone had helped with
> the development of a patch, to the level that doesn't warrant providing
> a Co-developed-by tag, but is much more than it would've been indicated
> by providing a Suggested-by tag.

The documentation is meant to cover our existing conventions, rather
than to drive new ones - usually, at least.  There are exactly 11
commits in the history with Helped-by, suggesting we're not really at an
established convention at this point.  Given that there has been some
resistance to inventing new tags, are we sure that we want this one?

Thanks,

jon