linux/Documentation/process
Miguel Ojeda 08c035da54 docs: submitting-patches: clarify that signers may use their discretion on tags
Tags are really appreciated by maintainers in general, since it means
someone is willing to put their name on a commit, be it as a reviewer,
tester, etc.

However, signers (i.e. submitters carrying tags from previous versions
and maintainers applying patches) may need to take or drop tags, on a
case-by-case basis, for different reasons.

Yet this is not explicitly spelled out in the documentation, thus there
may be instances [1] where contributors may feel unwelcome.

Thus, to clarify, state this clearly.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CAEg-Je-h4NitWb2ErFGCOqt0KQfXuyKWLhpnNHCdRzZdxi018Q@mail.gmail.com/ [1]
Suggested-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Acked-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250112152946.761150-4-ojeda@kernel.org
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1.Intro.rst
2.Process.rst
3.Early-stage.rst
4.Coding.rst
5.Posting.rst docs: 5.Posting: mentioned Suggested-by: tag 2024-12-11 09:07:40 -07:00
6.Followthrough.rst
7.AdvancedTopics.rst
8.Conclusion.rst
adding-syscalls.rst
applying-patches.rst
backporting.rst
botching-up-ioctls.rst
changes.rst
code-of-conduct-interpretation.rst
code-of-conduct.rst
coding-style.rst
contribution-maturity-model.rst
cve.rst
deprecated.rst
development-process.rst
email-clients.rst Documentation: remove :kyb: tags 2024-12-11 09:07:39 -07:00
embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
handling-regressions.rst
howto.rst
index.rst docs: Add debugging section to process 2024-11-22 10:48:12 -07:00
kernel-docs.rst
kernel-driver-statement.rst
kernel-enforcement-statement.rst
license-rules.rst
maintainer-handbooks.rst
maintainer-kvm-x86.rst
maintainer-netdev.rst
maintainer-pgp-guide.rst
maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst
maintainer-soc.rst
maintainer-tip.rst Align git commit ID abbreviation guidelines and checks 2024-12-30 11:40:45 -07:00
maintainers.rst
management-style.rst
programming-language.rst
researcher-guidelines.rst
security-bugs.rst
stable-api-nonsense.rst
stable-kernel-rules.rst
submit-checklist.rst
submitting-patches.rst docs: submitting-patches: clarify that signers may use their discretion on tags 2025-01-13 10:46:22 -07:00
volatile-considered-harmful.rst