Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: fix Co-Developed-by docs

From: Himanshu Jha
Date: Fri Dec 14 2018 - 13:12:54 EST


On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 06:35:27PM +0100, Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz wrote:
> The accepted terminology will be Co-developed-by therefore losing the
> capital letter from now on.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Thanks. ACK!

Finally, the discussion converged at somepoint.

FYI, Cc Jonathan Cameron + IIO list.

> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> index c091710..30dc00a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ tracking your trees, and to people trying to troubleshoot bugs in your
> tree.
>
>
> -12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-Developed-by:
> +12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-developed-by:
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the
> @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ person it names - but it should indicate that this person was copied on the
> patch. This tag documents that potentially interested parties
> have been included in the discussion.
>
> -A Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
> +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. Note, this person also needs to have a Signed-off-by:
> line in the patch as well.
> --
> 2.7.4
>

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Himanshu Jha
Undergraduate Student
Department of Electronics & Communication
Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology