How wonderful!  Problem solved.  Now I think that just having an example
could kill the misconception forever ;)

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 17/02/2017 17:54, Chad Joan wrote:
> > Regarding the signature: IIRC, setting up certificates on a machine
> > using gpg can be quite time consuming and learning-intensive if you've
> > never needed to do it before.  Having that example will go a long way to
> > help with this.  There is still a possible pain-point: you might write
> > one line of git code in the example, and it is easy for you due to your
> > workflow, but it could be hours of fiddling for someone who has never
> > done it before.  If I'm wrong, show me (the hypothetical reader) how
> > easy it is ;)  If I'm right (and that would be unfortunate, in this
> > case), then it might be helpful if you politely ask the reader to spend
> > time X amount of time on it (establish accurate expectations) and then
> > provide a link to the most helpful how-to article you can find on the
> > subject.
>
> GPG signing is not needed.  All you need is "git commit -s".
>
> Adding "Signed-off-by: Chad Joan <chadj...@gmail.com>" basically is a
> way to tell us "I understand I'm contributing this under the GNU GPL or
> a compatible license".  It's not a cryptographic signature.
>
> Paolo
>

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