Re: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: Document how to request a patch review tag
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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
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- Jan 6, 2013, 07:32 UTC
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On 01/04/2013 09:58 PM, Jason Holden wrote:
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> Document the preferred way a developer should request to have their > Acked-by/Tested-by/Reviewed-by tag to a patch series under discussion > > Signed-off-by: Jason Holden <jason.k.holden.swdev@gmail.com> > --- > Junio, > I was ready to add my Reviewed-by to this patch series, but I wasn't sure if > I should email just you the patch author (to cut down on overall list traffic) > or both you and the list. If all reviewed-by/acked-by/tested-by traffic > should go via the email list I think this patch would be helpful, as I > wasn't quite sure how wide of a distribution list to use for my > "Reviewed-by" email. > > A very similiar question was asked previously in: > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/185564/focus=185570
On 01/04/2013 10:47 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> "Reviewed-by" is for those who are familiar with the part of the > system being touched to say "I reviewed this patch, it looks good", > and Michael indeed was involved in recent updates to the refs.c > infrastructure, so as he said in his message "it looks like I should", > it was the right thing to do. > > I do not think Michael was asking if that was the standard _thing_ > to do; I think the question was if there was a standard _way_ > (perhaps a tool) to send such a "Reviewed-by:" line.
Junio is correct; I was just asking whether there was a particular email convention for adding a "Reviewed-by:" line. It would be nice for this to be mentioned in the documentation.
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> Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > index f6276ff..80001c9 100644 > --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > @@ -268,6 +268,11 @@ If you like, you can put extra tags at the end: > 4. "Tested-by:" is used to indicate that the person applied the patch > and found it to have the desired effect. > > +If you are a reviewer and wish to add your Acked-by/Reviewed-by/Tested-by tag > +to a patch series under discussion (after having reviewed it or tested it > +of course!), reply to the author of the patch series, cc'ing the git mailing > +list. > + > You can also create your own tag or use one that's in common usage > such as "Thanks-to:", "Based-on-patch-by:", or "Mentored-by:".
I don't think this is quite correct. Such emails should be "reply-to-all" people who have participated in the thread, which might include more than just the patch author and the git mailing list.
Michael
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