linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] docs: submitting-patches: clarify that signers may use their discretion on tags

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Message-ID: <9d509e88-f8e2-4a11-818d-43bd8254d8c5@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:51:24 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
 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>,
 Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
 Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] docs: submitting-patches: clarify that signers may
 use their discretion on tags

On 12/01/2025 16:29, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> Tags are really appreciated by maintainers in general, since it means
> someone is willing to put their name on a commit, be it as a reviewer,
> tester, etc.
> 
> However, signers (i.e. submitters carrying tags from previous versions
> and maintainers applying patches) may need to take or drop tags, on a
> case-by-case basis, for different reasons.
> 
> Yet this is not explicitly spelled out in the documentation, thus there
> may be instances [1] where contributors may feel unwelcome.
> 
> Thus, to clarify, state this clearly.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CAEg-Je-h4NitWb2ErFGCOqt0KQfXuyKWLhpnNHCdRzZdxi018Q@mail.gmail.com/ [1]
> Suggested-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Acked-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
> Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>

Best regards,
Krzysztof