Re: [PATCH v4] docs: clarify rules wrt tagging other people

[Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>]

On 10.02.25 17:16, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Fri, 7 Feb 2025 09:24:56 +0100
> Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> escreveu:
> 
>> On 07.02.25 02:42, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
>>> On Thu, Feb 06, 2025 at 03:30:10PM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:  
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
>>>> index dbb763a8de901d..22fa925353cf54 100644
>>>> --- a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
>>>> @@ -268,10 +268,15 @@ 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, 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.
>>>> +Be careful in the addition of the aforementioned tags to your patches, as all
>>>> +except for Cc:, Reported-by:, and Suggested-by: need explicit permission of the
>>>> +person named. For those three implicit permission is sufficient if the person
>>>> +contributed to the Linux kernel using that name and email address according
>>>> +to the lore archives or the commit history -- and in case of Reported-by:
>>>> +and Suggested-by: did the reporting or suggestion in public. Note,
>>>> +bugzilla.kernel.org is a public place in this sense, but email addresses
>>>> +used there are private; so do not expose them in tags, unless the person
>>>> +used them in earlier contributions.  
>>>
>>> So for example I can only include Tested-by: when a contributor who tested
>>> my patch explicitly offer the tag by replying to it i.e. with the tag, right?  
>> At some point a text must leave the interpretation up to the reader. I
>> would say a "yes, that's okay" to the question "is it okay to add a
>> 'tested-by' tag in the patch description; note, your name and email
>> address will then end up in the commit history and can not be removed
>> there" is sufficient "permission" as well.
> 
> For me, it sounds reasonable to accept a public reply about someone
> testing a patch as a reason to add a tested-by tag. Yet, I don't add 
> tested-by myself based on replies. What I do when someone sends 
> a reply saying that the patch was tested is to request the tester to 
> reply with a tested-by with a short description about the test scenario.
> 
> IMO it is important to ask it to the tester, not only to have an explicit
> tag, but also because as a simple tested-by without a test scenario is 
> usually not very useful. 

I see your point, but I'd say it is useful enough: if that patch causes
a regression you immediately know whom to CC to test a fix for that
regression.

But maybe my view is just biased here. ;-)

Ciao, Thorsten