Commit 2f993509 authored by Thorsten Leemhuis's avatar Thorsten Leemhuis Committed by Jonathan Corbet
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docs: process/5.Posting.rst: clarify use of Reported-by: tag 



Bring the description on when to use the Reported-by: tag found in
Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst more in line with the description in
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst: before this change the two
were contradicting each other, as the latter is way more permissive and
only states '[...] if the bug was reported in private, then ask for
permission first before using the Reported-by tag.'

Signed-off-by: default avatarThorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2fc7162dfb76e04da5ea903c9c170d913e735dad.1664372256.git.linux@leemhuis.info


Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent e94102e5

Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst

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@@ -256,8 +256,10 @@ The tags in common use are: 
 - Cc: the named person received a copy of the patch and had the

   opportunity to comment on it.



Be careful in the addition of tags to your patches: only Cc: is appropriate

for addition without the explicit permission of the person named.

Be careful in the addition of tags to your patches, as only Cc: is appropriate

for addition without the explicit permission of the person named; using

Reported-by: is fine most of the time as well, but ask for permission if

the bug was reported in private.





Sending the patch