From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0701EE49A8 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:29:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232302AbjHUI3h (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Aug 2023 04:29:37 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:40624 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232718AbjHUI3g (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Aug 2023 04:29:36 -0400 Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [134.134.136.100]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B7F8EC3; Mon, 21 Aug 2023 01:29:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1692606571; x=1724142571; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:date: message-id:mime-version; bh=NgVXbpo684fEyEZ7FCGaQoWGT47RfPiF567uTqSqcoQ=; b=mks2UPfF3mHpy6n9iP1TOQ9YmG7JxCnsMTO/oCvR+caglRDdclI7PtuU Vr3i/P6iwfVMZCAVw4yRCxSBCpUt4HZYJ/plS6edh8dLXLRzE8ShIgfpq oQKeO+VFo/TkbCgNOJ5hnwtvRdwiWnFOcb+Ge7uGWGy7zMOBr7Sx9VY90 M4+QEbKZNoqyuCYq4SSORP/mqLOVDKW7928tPdh/y4+G3CPK3wwyOVlR5 Qg6AJXkyTQURNjvy7rom84yAM+lo9+evY9ydod1rdQBoo0X9CYGVmb/HJ WLSRl5DZNR6Xfkc3/sVRNlxztr+tRv62zaIk2B0BG9aLpzvf/6jz4B24j Q==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6600,9927,10808"; a="439905520" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.01,189,1684825200"; d="scan'208";a="439905520" Received: from fmsmga007.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.52]) by orsmga105.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 21 Aug 2023 01:29:30 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6600,9927,10808"; a="738814847" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.01,189,1684825200"; d="scan'208";a="738814847" Received: from hpabst-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO localhost) ([10.252.54.190]) by fmsmga007-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 21 Aug 2023 01:29:29 -0700 From: Jani Nikula To: Matthew Wilcox , Laurent Pinchart Cc: Giulio Benetti , Jonathan Corbet , workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] docs: submitting-patches: Add Sponsored-by tag to give credits to who sponsored the patch In-Reply-To: Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo References: <20230817220957.41582-1-giulio.benetti@benettiengineering.com> <20230817220957.41582-2-giulio.benetti@benettiengineering.com> <20230817232348.GC1175@pendragon.ideasonboard.com> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:29:27 +0300 Message-ID: <87ttss7q8o.fsf@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 18 Aug 2023, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 02:23:48AM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote: >> Just adding one data point here, without judging on the merits of this >> proposal. I've been requested previously by customers to increase their >> visibility in the kernel development statistics, and the way we found to >> do so was to sign-off patches with >> >> Laurent Pinchart >> >> (where "customer" is to be replaced with the customer name). > > I quite like Sponsored-by: but yet another approach could be the > same as that used by those of us whole use personal email addresses > while being employed by someone. So my SoB is: > > Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) > > but you might have (eg) > > Laurent Pinchard (Coca-Cola) > > and then when working for another sponsor: > > Laurent Pinchard (Ford) Just an observation, git shortlog -s/-se groups/distinguishes, respectively, the author and sponsor in Laurent's approach. Not so with Matthew's approach. Probably depends on the POV which approach this favors. ;) BR, Jani. -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center