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| author | Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> | 2009-04-23 15:03:19 +1000 |
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| committer | Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> | 2009-04-23 15:03:19 +1000 |
| commit | 01b9f82aa220462fcebc72b6869aac89646ef6b9 (patch) | |
| tree | 50eba2b2303738b7dcd67fa954ce48b9f2e35c2e | |
| parent | 9bbdf7b7ea3b8cd6ee9a765478531ed0bbfcb1b1 (diff) | |
| parent | 7ead643f665c618d4bbd9efb68595fa41b2eb93b (diff) | |
Merge commit 'jc_docs/docs-next'
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index f309d3c6221c..6f29e29555c0 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 |