From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 646A71F70F for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:57:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754086AbdAZR5X (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:57:23 -0500 Received: from mail-it0-f42.google.com ([209.85.214.42]:38335 "EHLO mail-it0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753855AbdAZR5W (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:57:22 -0500 Received: by mail-it0-f42.google.com with SMTP id c7so38877216itd.1 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:57:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=LqqO2J1XJrzmul0GU6wRqeJV1JUdXSGbxpaNFxrhlNo=; b=d7iVkjKvx1ScSgPk2rlzihCVGZ+M+G1piCBmtwGg3hTb9uIh8xppX5xBfwpxfz6tdB BBduFENGEeF85/WvZuKZb9gbvVILccBoDgZhPYIBj4kBXZs/e94lsqIkDIV90RDbUSXx mKgKuE0/qRUQ3uHPdCzeBYgxyMbtyBPOXyN16NYcQlGy6tSFCAfiE8s2YNN25y9KAEHt 1G/S8+8EaZizk8S3EQBa68H3EBjWX0pC8iROtyJPwfFe6tPq8a/BhTnIfLwYD/3UfdeM C85uuGPz6fWI5TAVxk+9abGZun38sQZ/ivGazD+TWU/UkN2ZBgaebGScy/hV/BNK/n3V mGdg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=LqqO2J1XJrzmul0GU6wRqeJV1JUdXSGbxpaNFxrhlNo=; b=Y+AXLbVj57+Bx4zjBP0/idLLmxnOoEwMbceuw1nF/NTWGXTealBK/1t5YEq3G6HGyO 8m9uBDfx1+0g6LlqzPiulxrD2ARm2Oj9gNRhw5Im2myX/VzcDg6l9Lax73V06zlx6htb udBcSLMwBX2DbIUzbC6nJm4Bwfa49y08lsWID+4ny8EafI2dwsvQP3j1REq9t42AQejO JjCE3piqC9tiABhY8mN95cQ2uPmneasTC5a5ND3xq/C6CC0mt0ANWq6uoh7bmP1XDP04 VRJrgOyn8gEklzSXahvOgpjHk03zCHmhEtmYPz9R0fdln0bMUUMRvFIWHVeJugj7M/DS DCpA== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXKLG5+ivs9a1AGvjMOD1nGLMPYSjKWhDnnyBiXKEN+fYR7y0Hi4DX6Xwzyh+R079nQxYsywFZIYXdjxeRg8 X-Received: by 10.36.65.4 with SMTP id x4mr30224319ita.69.1485453441505; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:57:21 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.79.39.19 with HTTP; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:57:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <923cd4e4-5c9c-4eaf-0fea-6deff6875b88@tngtech.com> <20170125002116.22111-1-sbeller@google.com> <33E354BCDB9A4192B69B9B399381659E@PhilipOakley> From: Stefan Beller Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:57:21 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: SubmittingPatches: drop temporal reference for PGP signing To: Cornelius Weig Cc: Philip Oakley , Johannes Sixt , bitte.keine.werbung.einwerfen@googlemail.com, "git@vger.kernel.org" , Junio C Hamano , thomas.braun@virtuell-zuhause.de, John Keeping Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 5:30 AM, Cornelius Weig wrote: > >> >> Yeah I agree. My patch was not the best shot by far. >> > > How about something along these lines? Does the forward reference > break the main line of thought too severly? > > diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > index 08352de..c2b0cbe 100644 > --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > @@ -216,12 +216,12 @@ that it will be postponed. > Exception: If your mailer is mangling patches then someone may ask > you to re-send them using MIME, that is OK. > > -Do not PGP sign your patch, at least for now. Most likely, your > -maintainer or other people on the list would not have your PGP > -key and would not bother obtaining it anyway. Your patch is not > -judged by who you are; a good patch from an unknown origin has a > -far better chance of being accepted than a patch from a known, > -respected origin that is done poorly or does incorrect things. > +Do not PGP sign your patch, but do sign-off your work as explained in (5). > +Most likely, your maintainer or other people on the list would not have your > +PGP key and would not bother obtaining it anyway. Your patch is not judged by > +who you are; a good patch from an unknown origin has a far better chance of > +being accepted than a patch from a known, respected origin that is done poorly > +or does incorrect things. > > If you really really really really want to do a PGP signed > patch, format it as "multipart/signed", not a text/plain message > @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ patch. > *2* The mailing list: git@vger.kernel.org > > > -(5) Sign your work > +(5) Certify your work by signing off > > To improve tracking of who did what, we've borrowed the > "sign-off" procedure from the Linux kernel project on patches I like it. Thanks, Stefan