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| author | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2009-01-16 09:49:50 -0700 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2009-06-04 10:32:49 -0600 |
| commit | bbb0a4247aaf1eabbd6d87750eafe99c577920f7 (patch) | |
| tree | b18fa61c00a92010a2feffa7e7c8dff55d9015fd | |
| parent | 9fa7eb283c5cdc2b0f4a8cfe6387ed82e5e9a3d3 (diff) | |
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Document Reported-by in SubmittingPatches
Randy pointed out that the Reported-By tag should be documented with the
others in SubmittingPatches.
Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index f309d3c..6f29e29 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -405,7 +405,14 @@ person it names. This tag documents that potentially interested parties have been included in the discussion -14) Using Tested-by: and Reviewed-by: +14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by: and Reviewed-by: + +If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a +Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution. Please +note that this tag should not be added without the reporter's permission, +especially if the problem was not reported in a public forum. That said, +if we diligently credit our bug reporters, they will, hopefully, be +inspired to help us again in the future. A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that |