On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 01:15:05PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> >
> > we upgraded the kernel of a nfs-server from 2.6.17.11 to 2.6.22.6. Since
> > then we get the message
> ...
>
> Bruce - you're losing authorship information.
Whoops, yes, I usually rely on git-send-email to do that, but was
sending the patch by hand this time in a hurry, reading the commit into
my mail client, and forgot the From: line. Thanks for catching that.
> So that "always explicitly say who the author is" is a good idea, but when
> forwarding somebody elses patch, it's *more* than a good idea - at that
> point it's absolutely required for proper attribution.
Yeah, I know. Apologies.--b.
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