Commit d75ef707 authored by Dan Carpenter's avatar Dan Carpenter Committed by Jonathan Corbet

Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission

The reported-by text says you have to ask for permission, but that
should only be if the bug was reported in private.  These days the
standard is to always give reported-by credit or it's considered a bit
rude.
Signed-off-by: default avatarDan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent ace80793
...@@ -483,12 +483,10 @@ have been included in the discussion ...@@ -483,12 +483,10 @@ have been included in the discussion
14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes: 14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes:
If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a The Reported-by tag gives credit to people who find bugs and report them and it
Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution. Please hopefully inspires them to help us again in the future. Please note that if
note that this tag should not be added without the reporter's permission, the bug was reported in private, then ask for permission first before using the
especially if the problem was not reported in a public forum. That said, Reported-by tag.
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 A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in
some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that
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