From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0B499257ADD; Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:38:47 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1739212729; cv=none; b=QE2aTx4347mNITi76EAahBuylb2/ACV/KbCgX/wlYFRecoBbszw/WtdOGc0kX1oOJrolFoFsAYeZfPZF+SbDq4ot7xygMT/0Ngp86dA5KfyVz5ntp4hg4D4biCox74bBQA7TfdkOrdbdBuYXiyOcEdMJuq6NVJMtwlFGI6kibkw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1739212729; c=relaxed/simple; bh=c/kU0ksX8RTthjRctf9Bb5sGjeN8I+WkA0asudGrIy8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=B1Y3iZfjfDRoyZvUJ63xUOAlq0CHgPOi8sNotj38HMP2QcAYSiP/l3EgoSOCoXdUr1587Wjx68YpY+zZ91ID4iyM2LZUAzYI/BiJS1dvQ40zGhm4fI6O+TZM0zCx02GtW81FkfJEApyNeO6+9XgHQS24AI3NmOobBZEQzbj5Nyg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=r53RTcx0; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="r53RTcx0" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 1A7A0411A1 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1739212727; bh=z/UYmWqnt59n7zmgNzr7atOIfm+REdMIrTqDXU8FW+E=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=r53RTcx0R85ZgZVoEZVxlaenb3R9SC+I8lSy+pAGR1dY4skqKoHCa/c7YWnqw4+T1 6T+TOeEZ9KuD0c2+DbSWMllr4/SHIEiSIVah6y9UVZoap6CevC0RcXDjPiJpwfNJX7 1ZTUoo+2lIYp+uZeLfN9b7XARtMXjaYADFtfjxPvkwkv7xrYJhlDT2K1RrAjz4qbyH i3/r1Ey14vxaIU3OuRL9SrvW8KPBCzwLRsyxyXhIl62N77I/Ot7s+NhEb1sNt47iF+ QPayKwWNBLE8m2zDQWIcE6XT81N16/RecfIr+h+A+HcgJn8SpZIXMQqf0ED+Uglo55 kPXgBQ0YCL7KQ== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:5e00:625::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1A7A0411A1; Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:38:47 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Jakub Kicinski Cc: Jakub Kicinski , workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: document the format for affiliation In-Reply-To: <20250203174626.1131225-1-kuba@kernel.org> References: <20250203174626.1131225-1-kuba@kernel.org> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:38:46 -0700 Message-ID: <87cyfpzlu1.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jakub Kicinski writes: > Adding company name in round brackets to From/SoB lines > is fairly common, but I don't see it documented anywhere. > Every now and then people try to add the sponsorship lines > to the commit message, fun example from this merge window: > > Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation > > from commit 2ce67f8bf1ce ("wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix iwl_ssid_exist() > check"). Better format would be: > > Author: Miri Korenblit (FreeBSD Foundation) <... > > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski > --- > CC: corbet@lwn.net > CC: workflows@vger.kernel.org > CC: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org > --- > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation= /process/submitting-patches.rst > index 8fdc0ef3e604..12ed28b3d113 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > @@ -717,6 +717,12 @@ patch in the permanent changelog. If the ``from`` l= ine is missing, > then the ``From:`` line from the email header will be used to determine > the patch author in the changelog. >=20=20 > +The author may indicate their affiliation or the sponsor of the work > +by adding the name of an organization to the ``from`` and ``SoB`` lines, > +e.g.: > + > + From: Patch Author (Company) > + > Explanation Body > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ So, despite all the conversation, I didn't see any real opposition to adding this change, so I've applied it. Amusingly, b4 helpfully picked up these tags from the conversation: + Signed-off-by: John Doe (=E2=9C=93DKIM/infradead.org) + Signed-off-by: Mr Maintainer (=E2=9C=93DKIM/kernel.or= g) + Signed-off-by: Jane Maintainer Tempting as it was to leave them in, I took them out :) Thanks, jon