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

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Message-ID: <9ae99d14dcd8867333fceacfaaa4430a@manjaro.org>
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:00:47 +0100
From: Dragan Simic <dsimic@...jaro.org>
To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, apw@...onical.com, joe@...ches.com,
 dwaipayanray1@...il.com, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com, workflows@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, wens@...e.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Make Helped-by tag supported

On 2024-11-09 04:10, Dragan Simic wrote:
> On 2024-11-08 20:12, Dan Williams wrote:
>> Dragan Simic wrote:
>>> I'm fully aware that we may be reluctant to supporting additional 
>>> tags,
>>> because we may then end up with a whole bunch of strange tags that 
>>> might
>>> be a bit hard to understand and use properly, but I think that adding
>>> Helped-by to the supported tag list may actually be a good thing to 
>>> do.
>>> As described above, Helped-by fits very well between the Suggested-by
>>> tag and the Co-developed-by + Signed-off-by pair of tags, and I think
>>> that providing the right level of attribution may be beneficial.
>> 
>> Patch attribution is separate from giving thanks. I would much rather
>> someone take the time to say "Thanks" in the changelog with some
>> supporting text rather than boil down all the myriad ways to be 
>> thankful
>> into a generic tag. "git log --grep=Thanks" often yields valuable
>> details, beyond just attribution, on how people have helped each other
>> develop this global project of ours. If the introduction of Helped-by
>> would replace even one authentic "Thank you" note with a generic tag
>> then it is a net loss for the community.
> 
> I do agree that writing "Thanks John for helping with..." in a patch
> description would be nice, but unfortunately I've seen multiple times
> that people don't enjoy writing their patch descriptions at all, and
> just want to "get them out the door" as quickly as possible.
> 
> With that in mind, making Helped-by tags supported would allow such
> people to at least quickly mention someone they're thankful to, which
> actually wouldn't prevent anyone from saying the same more verbosely
> in a patch description.

Just checking, are there any further thoughts on this patch?