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2019-03-25docs: Clarify the usage and sign-off requirements for Co-developed-bySean Christopherson
The documentation for Co-developed-by is a bit light on details, e.g. it doesn't explicitly state that: - Multiple Co-developed-by tags are perfectly acceptable - Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by must be paired together - SOB ordering should still follow standard sign-off procedure Lack of explicit direction has resulted in developers taking a variety of approaches, often lacking any intent whatsoever, e.g. scattering SOBs willy-nilly, collecting them all at the end or the beginning, etc... Tweak the wording to make it clear that multiple co-authors are allowed, and document the expectation that standard sign-off procedures are to be followed. The use of "original author" has also led to confusion as many patches don't have just one "original" author, e.g. when multiple developers are involved from the genesis of the patch. Remove all usage of "original" and instead call out that Co-developed-by is simply a way to provide attribution in addition to the From tag, i.e. neither tag is intended to imply anything with regard to who did what. Provide examples to (hopefully) eliminate any ambiguity. Cc: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org> Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@linaro.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-12-06doc:process: add links where missingFederico Vaga
Some documents are refering to others without links. With this patch I add those missing links. This patch affects only documents under process/ and labels where necessary. Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-05-10Documentation/process/posting: wrap text at 80 colsJustin Skists
Trivial patch to adjust the text formatting to wrap at 80 columns. No actual content has changed. Signed-off-by: Justin Skists <justin.skists@juzza.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-02-13Documentation/process: Co-developed-by instead of Co-Developed-byDominik Brodowski
Up to now, all commit messages have used the "d" in lower case. Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2017-11-20Documentation/process: add Co-Developed-by: tag for patches with multiple ↵Greg Kroah-Hartman
authors Sometimes a single patch is the result of multiple authors. As git only can have one "author" of a patch, it is still good to properly give credit to the other developers of a commit. To address this, document the "Co-Developed-by:" tag which can be used to show other authors of the patch. Note, these other authors must also provide a Signed-off-by: tag as it is their work that is being submitted here. Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-10-24docs: fix locations of several documents that got movedMauro Carvalho Chehab
The previous patch renamed several files that are cross-referenced along the Kernel documentation. Adjust the links to point to the right places. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2016-10-24docs: rename development-process/ to process/Mauro Carvalho Chehab
As we'll type this a lot, after adding CodingStyle & friends, let's rename the directory name to a shorter one. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>