linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Clarifications around Acked-by and "# Suffix" proposal

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Message-ID: <875xmibo83.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:47:08 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
Cc: workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev, Miguel Ojeda
 <ojeda@...nel.org>, Neal Gompa <neal@...pa.dev>, Sami Tolvanen
 <samitolvanen@...gle.com>, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Luis
 Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, tech-board@...ups.linuxfoundation.org,
 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman
 <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Linus Torvalds
 <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Clarifications around Acked-by and "# Suffix" proposal

Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org> writes:

> A patch series that aims to clarify what the purpose of the Acked-by tag is,
> in order to help newcomers understand the kernel process better, as well as
> to give extra flexibility on the usage of the Acked-by tag.
>
> It formalizes one of the proposals from [1]: "# Suffix" for Acked-by.
>
> I hope this helps!
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CANiq72m4fea15Z0fFZauz8N2madkBJ0G7Dc094OwoajnXmROOA@mail.gmail.com/ [1]
>
> Miguel Ojeda (3):
>   docs: submitting-patches: clarify Acked-by and introduce "# Suffix"
>   docs: submitting-patches: clarify difference between Acked-by and
>     Reviewed-by
>   docs: submitting-patches: clarify that signers may use their
>     discretion on tags
>
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

I've applied the set, thanks.

jon