Re: [PATCH] docs: Explicitly state ordering requirements for Co-developed-by

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Thu, 21 Mar 2019, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 03:30:10PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> Hmm, and my experience is exclusively limited to contributing code to
> someone else's patches.  Rather than dictate exact ordering, what about
> deferring to standard sign-off procedure?
> 
> E.g.:
> 
>   A Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
>   along with the original author.  This is useful at times when multiple people
>   work on a single patch.  Co-developed-by: must be immediately followed by a
>   Signed-off-by: of the co-author(s).  As per standard sign-off procedure, the
>   ordering of Co-developed-by:/Signed-off-by: pairs should reflect the patch's
>   handling insofar as possible.  Notably, the last Signed-off-by: must always be
>   that of the developer submitting the patch, regardless of whether they are the
>   original author or a co-author.

Yes, that makes sense.

Thanks,

	tglx