On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:39:22 +0200 Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote:
> In message <20110401181751.d2c2f4bf.kim.phill...@freescale.com> you wrote: > > > > Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phill...@freescale.com> > > > > > > Why do you send a "Signed-off-by" here? > > > > > > Did you mean "Acked-by:" ? > > > > > > Signed-off-by "certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right > > > to pass it on as a open-source patch." However, you have not been > > > anywhere in the queue of creating or forwarding these patches? > > > > as 83xx maintainer, I sign off on all patches committed to the mpc83xx > > tree, which are subsequently 'forwarded' to the main u-boot tree. This > > If the patches go through your tree, i. e. if you actually "handle" > these patcehs in any way (by applying them to your tree, or pulling > them into your tree, or similar), then a SoB is OK. > > > particular case is no different, except the 83xx patches here are too > > intertwined with other, non-83xx ones. So to facilitate the process, I > > sign them off on-list such that they can be applied as-is to the > > main u-boot tree. > > This case _is_ different. You do not touch these patches at all. You > do NOT pull them in your tree. You do not "pass on" these patches > either. > > Is it OK with you when I convert all your "Signed-off-by:" into > "Acked-by:" for this patch series? sure. Kim _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
