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=-6.4 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,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 3AA441F70F for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:30:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752603AbdAZNaW (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:30:22 -0500 Received: from zimbra-vnc.tngtech.com ([83.144.240.98]:58651 "EHLO proxy.tng.vnc.biz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752145AbdAZNaV (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:30:21 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by proxy.tng.vnc.biz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 379151E2FA7; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:30:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from proxy.tng.vnc.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (proxy.tng.vnc.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id SHRlxuom5SbQ; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:30:17 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by proxy.tng.vnc.biz (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2E8C1E2FC6; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:30:17 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at Received: from proxy.tng.vnc.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (proxy.tng.vnc.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id BDUXLdOTIlZI; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:30:17 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.178.64] (46.128.140.114.dynamic.cablesurf.de [46.128.140.114]) by proxy.tng.vnc.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3D6981E2FA7; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:30:17 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: SubmittingPatches: drop temporal reference for PGP signing To: Stefan Beller , Philip Oakley References: <923cd4e4-5c9c-4eaf-0fea-6deff6875b88@tngtech.com> <20170125002116.22111-1-sbeller@google.com> <33E354BCDB9A4192B69B9B399381659E@PhilipOakley> Cc: Johannes Sixt , bitte.keine.werbung.einwerfen@googlemail.com, "git@vger.kernel.org" , Junio C Hamano , thomas.braun@virtuell-zuhause.de, John Keeping From: Cornelius Weig Message-ID: Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:30:14 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org > > 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