[PATCH] checkpatch: add Co-Developed-by to signature tags

[PATCH] checkpatch: add Co-Developed-by to signature tags

[Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz]

As per Documentation/process/submitting-patches, Co-developed-by is a
valid signature.

This commit removes the warning.

Signed-off-by: Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 93e84c9..cab515f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
 
 our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi:
 	Signed-off-by:|
+	Co-Developed-by:|
 	Acked-by:|
 	Tested-by:|
 	Reviewed-by:|
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add Co-Developed-by to signature tags

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 14:01 +0100, Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz wrote:
> As per Documentation/process/submitting-patches, Co-developed-by is a
> valid signature.
> 
> This commit removes the warning.

Your commit message doesn't match your subject.

A couple variants have been documented and only
one should actually be used.

$ git grep -i co-developed-by Documentation/process/
Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst: - Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-Developed-by:
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:A Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer

$ git log --grep="co-developed-by:" -i | \
  grep -ohiP "co-developed-by:" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn
     80 Co-developed-by:
     40 Co-Developed-by:

So which should it be?

btw: I prefer neither as I think Signed-off-by: is sufficient.

> Signed-off-by: Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org>
[]
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
>  
>  our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi:
>  	Signed-off-by:|
> +	Co-Developed-by:|
>  	Acked-by:|
>  	Tested-by:|
>  	Reviewed-by:|

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add Co-Developed-by to signature tags

[Jorge Ramirez]

On 12/14/18 16:52, Joe Perches wrote:

>
> A couple variants have been documented and only
> one should actually be used.
>
> $ git grep -i co-developed-by Documentation/process/
> Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst: - Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-Developed-by:
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:A Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
>
> $ git log --grep="co-developed-by:" -i | \
>    grep -ohiP "co-developed-by:" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn
>       80 Co-developed-by:
>       40 Co-Developed-by:
>
> So which should it be?
>
> btw: I prefer neither as I think Signed-off-by: is sufficient

IMO neither is only an option if you comfortable with the script 
generating false warnings.

If you wont apply the patch anyway I wont pursue it further.
Otherwise please let me know I will also update the documentation to 
match the commit.

TIA


> .
>
>> Signed-off-by: Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org>
> []
>> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> []
>> @@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
>>   
>>   our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi:
>>   	Signed-off-by:|
>> +	Co-Developed-by:|
>>   	Acked-by:|
>>   	Tested-by:|
>>   	Reviewed-by:|
>

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add Co-Developed-by to signature tags

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 07:52:15AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 14:01 +0100, Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz wrote:
> > As per Documentation/process/submitting-patches, Co-developed-by is a
> > valid signature.
> > 
> > This commit removes the warning.
> 
> Your commit message doesn't match your subject.
> 
> A couple variants have been documented and only
> one should actually be used.
> 
> $ git grep -i co-developed-by Documentation/process/
> Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst: - Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-Developed-by:
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:A Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
> 
> $ git log --grep="co-developed-by:" -i | \
>   grep -ohiP "co-developed-by:" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn
>      80 Co-developed-by:
>      40 Co-Developed-by:
> 
> So which should it be?

"Co-developed-by:" please.

Yeah, I wrote the original one wrong here, sorry.

> btw: I prefer neither as I think Signed-off-by: is sufficient.

Nope, sorry, it is not, we need something like this which is why it was
added.

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add Co-Developed-by to signature tags

[Himanshu Jha]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 07:52:15AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 14:01 +0100, Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz wrote:
> > As per Documentation/process/submitting-patches, Co-developed-by is a
> > valid signature.
> > 
> > This commit removes the warning.
> 
> Your commit message doesn't match your subject.
> 
> A couple variants have been documented and only
> one should actually be used.
> 
> $ git grep -i co-developed-by Documentation/process/
> Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst: - Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-Developed-by:
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:A Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
> 
> $ git log --grep="co-developed-by:" -i | \
>   grep -ohiP "co-developed-by:" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn
>      80 Co-developed-by:
>      40 Co-Developed-by:
> 
> So which should it be?
> 
> btw: I prefer neither as I think Signed-off-by: is sufficient.

OK, but does multiple Signed-off-by: in the commits imply that
the patch was created by all those developers ?

I don't think so, perhaps this was the reason to introduce
Co-developed-by: tag.


-- 
Himanshu Jha
Undergraduate Student
Department of Electronics & Communication
Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add Co-Developed-by to signature tags

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 21:46 +0530, Himanshu Jha wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 07:52:15AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 14:01 +0100, Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz wrote:
> > > As per Documentation/process/submitting-patches, Co-developed-by is a
> > > valid signature.
> > > 
> > > This commit removes the warning.
> > 
> > Your commit message doesn't match your subject.
> > 
> > A couple variants have been documented and only
> > one should actually be used.
> > 
> > $ git grep -i co-developed-by Documentation/process/
> > Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst: - Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
> > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-Developed-by:
> > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:A Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
> > 
> > $ git log --grep="co-developed-by:" -i | \
> >   grep -ohiP "co-developed-by:" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn
> >      80 Co-developed-by:
> >      40 Co-Developed-by:
> > 
> > So which should it be?
> > 
> > btw: I prefer neither as I think Signed-off-by: is sufficient.
> 
> OK, but does multiple Signed-off-by: in the commits imply that
> the patch was created by all those developers ?
> 
> I don't think so, perhaps this was the reason to introduce
> Co-developed-by: tag.

Perhaps, but a sign-off is also a recognition that the
patch was passed-through by individuals

Effectively, there's no real difference.

"Co-developed-by:" is just another word for "Authored-by:"
where multiple "Authorship" is the thing being notated.

Is it really important to specify things like 75% / 25%
authorship crediting?

I don't really care about attribution so the concept is
not particularly valuable to me.

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add Co-Developed-by to signature tags

[Jorge Ramirez]

On 12/14/18 17:13, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 07:52:15AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
>> On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 14:01 +0100, Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz wrote:
>>> As per Documentation/process/submitting-patches, Co-developed-by is a
>>> valid signature.
>>>
>>> This commit removes the warning.
>> Your commit message doesn't match your subject.
>>
>> A couple variants have been documented and only
>> one should actually be used.
>>
>> $ git grep -i co-developed-by Documentation/process/
>> Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst: - Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
>> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-Developed-by:
>> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:A Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
>>
>> $ git log --grep="co-developed-by:" -i | \
>>    grep -ohiP "co-developed-by:" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn
>>       80 Co-developed-by:
>>       40 Co-Developed-by:
>>
>> So which should it be?
> "Co-developed-by:" please.
>
> Yeah, I wrote the original one wrong here, sorry.
>
>> btw: I prefer neither as I think Signed-off-by: is sufficient.
> Nope, sorry, it is not, we need something like this which is why it was
> added.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
> .
>
I'll update both

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add Co-Developed-by to signature tags

[Himanshu Jha]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 08:27:33AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 21:46 +0530, Himanshu Jha wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 07:52:15AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 14:01 +0100, Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz wrote:
> > > > As per Documentation/process/submitting-patches, Co-developed-by is a
> > > > valid signature.
> > > > 
> > > > This commit removes the warning.
> > > 
> > > Your commit message doesn't match your subject.
> > > 
> > > A couple variants have been documented and only
> > > one should actually be used.
> > > 
> > > $ git grep -i co-developed-by Documentation/process/
> > > Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst: - Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
> > > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-Developed-by:
> > > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:A Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
> > > 
> > > $ git log --grep="co-developed-by:" -i | \
> > >   grep -ohiP "co-developed-by:" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn
> > >      80 Co-developed-by:
> > >      40 Co-Developed-by:
> > > 
> > > So which should it be?
> > > 
> > > btw: I prefer neither as I think Signed-off-by: is sufficient.
> > 
> > OK, but does multiple Signed-off-by: in the commits imply that
> > the patch was created by all those developers ?
> > 
> > I don't think so, perhaps this was the reason to introduce
> > Co-developed-by: tag.
> 
> Perhaps, but a sign-off is also a recognition that the
> patch was passed-through by individuals

Yes, Agreed!

> Effectively, there's no real difference.
> 
> "Co-developed-by:" is just another word for "Authored-by:"
> where multiple "Authorship" is the thing being notated.
> 
> Is it really important to specify things like 75% / 25%
> authorship crediting?

IDK how that ratio came up into this discussion ?

Anyway, I saw on IIO list that a bunch of students were involved
in driver cleaning with the help of developers from Analog Devices
Inc who intially wrote some code snippets.

And that authorship crediting for Analog Devices folks would be
helpful distinguishing that it was not just passed-through and rather
they spent their time on it.

> I don't really care about attribution so the concept is
> not particularly valuable to me.

Well, it might not be valuable to you but it is for others and I saw
one such example in the past during my project.

At least I do care about those developers who spent a considerable
time on IIO list guiding students aside from their mainline work.


FYI, IIO has already +1'd for "Co-developed-by:"

-- 
Himanshu Jha
Undergraduate Student
Department of Electronics & Communication
Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add Co-Developed-by to signature tags

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 22:58 +0530, Himanshu Jha wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 08:27:33AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Is it really important to specify things like 75% / 25%
> > authorship crediting?
> 
> IDK how that ratio came up into this discussion ?

How does one tell when a co-developed-by: person
should be notated or blamed for a defective commit?

git blame shows only 1 author.

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add Co-Developed-by to signature tags

[Jorge Ramirez]

On 12/14/18 18:39, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 22:58 +0530, Himanshu Jha wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 08:27:33AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
>>> Is it really important to specify things like 75% / 25%
>>> authorship crediting?
>> IDK how that ratio came up into this discussion ?
> How does one tell when a co-developed-by: person
> should be notated or blamed for a defective commit?
>
> git blame shows only 1 author.
>
>
>
>
co-developed is simply about crediting a piece of work, something which 
is intrinsically connected to the philosophy of open source.
I could name a number of papers but one that comes to my mind is a work 
from Pekka Himanen, The Hacker Ethic...[1993].
anyway, so while sign-of is of a practical nature, co-developed is more 
of a social one. at least that is my understanding.

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add Co-Developed-by to signature tags

[Himanshu Jha]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 09:39:10AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 22:58 +0530, Himanshu Jha wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 08:27:33AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > Is it really important to specify things like 75% / 25%
> > > authorship crediting?
> > 
> > IDK how that ratio came up into this discussion ?
> 
> How does one tell when a co-developed-by: person
> should be notated or blamed for a defective commit?
> 
> git blame shows only 1 author.

I would Cc all those who were involved in the defective
commit log.


-- 
Himanshu Jha
Undergraduate Student
Department of Electronics & Communication
Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology