On 14 March 2012 13:52, Anthony Liguori <anth...@codemonkey.ws> wrote: > On 03/14/2012 08:50 AM, Andreas Färber wrote: >> What I have wondered is, is there any semantic difference between "Ack", >> "Acked", "ACK" and "Acked-by: name<email>"? I.e., when someone replies >> with "Ack", should one document that as an Acked-by for a PULL? > > > No, Acked-by: name<email> is a formal statement. You shouldn't infer an > Acked-by IMHO.
This is in contradiction to the kernel docs we reference, which say: # Acked-by: is not as formal as Signed-off-by:. It is a record that the acker # has at least reviewed the patch and has indicated acceptance. Hence patch # mergers will sometimes manually convert an acker's "yep, looks good to me" # into an Acked-by:. -- PMM
