Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Make Helped-by tag supported

[Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>]

Dragan Simic wrote:
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> I'm fully aware that we may be reluctant to supporting additional tags,
> because we may then end up with a whole bunch of strange tags that might
> be a bit hard to understand and use properly, but I think that adding
> Helped-by to the supported tag list may actually be a good thing to do.
> As described above, Helped-by fits very well between the Suggested-by
> tag and the Co-developed-by + Signed-off-by pair of tags, and I think
> that providing the right level of attribution may be beneficial.

Patch attribution is separate from giving thanks. I would much rather
someone take the time to say "Thanks" in the changelog with some
supporting text rather than boil down all the myriad ways to be thankful
into a generic tag. "git log --grep=Thanks" often yields valuable
details, beyond just attribution, on how people have helped each other
develop this global project of ours. If the introduction of Helped-by
would replace even one authentic "Thank you" note with a generic tag
then it is a net loss for the community.