Re: [Ksummit-discuss] crediting bug reports and fixes folded into original patch

Dan Carpenter <[email protected]> Wed, 9 Dec 2020 10:58:49 +0300
Newsgroups org.linuxfoundation.lists.ksummit-discuss,dev.linux.lists.ksummit,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <20201209075849.GD2767@kadam>
On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 09:01:49PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2020-12-08 at 16:34 -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> 
> > If not "Adjusted-by", what about "Tweaked-by", "Helped-by",
> > "Corrected-by"?
> 
> Improved-by: / Enhanced-by: / Revisions-by: 
> 

I don't think we should give any credit for improvements or enhancements,
only for fixes.  Complaining about style is its own reward.

Having to redo a patch is already a huge headache.  Normally, I already
considered the reviewer's prefered style and decided I didn't like it.
Then to make me redo the patch in an ugly style and say thankyou on
top of that???  Forget about it.  Plus, as a reviewer I hate reviewing
patches over and over.

I've argued for years that we should have a Fixes-from: tag.  The zero
day bot is already encouraging people to add Reported-by tags for this
and a lot of people do.

regards,
dan carpenter

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