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From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
To: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>, Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] am: add am.signoff add config variable
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 09:49:19 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <A52AD4B5-8AB3-49E8-9EED-5ABBA91369D4@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161229084701.GA3643@starla>

On December 29, 2016 12:47:01 AM PST, Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> wrote:
>Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com> wrote:
>> git-am has options to enable --message-id and --3way by default,
>> but no option to enable --signoff by default. Add a "am.signoff"
>> config option.
>
>I'm not sure this is a good idea.  IANAL, but a sign-off
>has some sort of legal meaning for this project (DCO)
>and that would be better decided on a patch-by-patch basis
>rather than a blanket statement.
>
>I don't add my SoB to patches (either my own or received) until
>I'm comfortable with it; and I'd rather err on the side of
>forgetting and being prodded to resubmit rather than putting
>an SoB on the wrong patch.
>
>
>(I'm barely online today, no rush needed in responding)

I don't know what is true for all projects, but I can't believe making it configurable would cause problems.... If you don't want it you don't have to enable it.

I suppose your argument is that we shouldn't ever make it automatically but... I know that many people who receive email patches, apply them, then forward those to another group add their sign off as a mark of "yes I certify that this is legally OK" so I think this would be useful.

Thanks
Jake



  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-12-29 17:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-28 17:40 [PATCH] am: add am.signoff add config variable Eduardo Habkost
2016-12-28 17:45 ` Stefan Beller
2016-12-28 17:50   ` Eduardo Habkost
2016-12-29  8:47 ` Eric Wong
2016-12-29 15:45   ` Eduardo Habkost
2016-12-29 17:49   ` Jacob Keller [this message]
2016-12-29 21:42   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-29 22:16     ` Eduardo Habkost
2016-12-29 22:18     ` Stefan Beller
2016-12-29 22:43       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-29 23:34         ` Stefan Beller

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