[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] docs: Document the optional usage of Signed-off-by

Jordan Justen jordan.l.justen at intel.com
Wed Nov 28 02:00:43 UTC 2018


On 2018-11-27 17:17:15, Matt Turner wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 5:13 PM Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen at intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > This adds the "Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1" from the Linux
> > kernel. It indicates that by using Signed-off-by you are certifying
> > that your patch meets the DCO 1.1 guidelines.
> 
> Do we gain anything if it's optional?

As I recall, one thing that bothered you about Signed-off-by in Mesa
is that it wasn't documented what it meant when it was used.

Perhaps there are developers that don't want to use Signed-off-by with
an undocumented meaning for Mesa. If that is the case, then this might
help. I wasn't sure if you fell into that category.

I use -s whenever I commit, so requiring it would not bother me. But,
I notice that many people (such as yourself) do not, so I didn't see
the need to push for that.

If it's well documented, and becomes commonly used, then perhaps
requiring it might be a reasonable thing to consider. I won't be
holding my breath while waiting on that. :)

-Jordan


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