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Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] Reforming Acked-by (was Re: [TOPIC]
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On Thu, 29 May 2014 23:03:28 +0200
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> wrote:


> Well, perhaps we can reserve the Acked-by for maintainers and add
> something like Supported-by for the 2nd meaning.

Or add a new tag for maintainers. I like:

 Approved-by:

As that is what the meaning of the maintainer acked-by is.  I sometimes
use Acked-by when I'm not the maintainer of the code but the code
changes something related to tracing, or something else I dabble in
(interrupts, scheduler, etc). Code that I may not maintain, but
something I do work with. Acked-by to me isn't limited to a maintainer,
but for those that deal with the code, and agree with the change.
Supported-by gives the meaning that I'm funding that change.

Where as, a maintainer could pass in an "Approved-by" which means "Yes,
I approve this change and it may go through another tree instead of
mine".

-- Steve