[beports] Re: [RFC] cURL patch

On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 17:08 +0200, Andreas Färber wrote:
> Am 24.05.2008 um 16:10 schrieb Ingo Weinhold:
> 
> > On 2008-05-24 at 09:36:58 [+0200], Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber@xxxxxx 
> > > wrote:
> >> Please add your Acked-by: when you've reviewed it.
> >
> > Do you use some tool that requires it?
> 
> No. I believe the Linux kernel developers started this convention and  
> it's slowly spreading to other projects. It helps keep a searchable  
> record of who was involved in a patch/contribution. The maintainers  
> won't read this mailing list to find out it's been reviewed by others,  
> so while there are no strict requirements on numbers of acks, it gives  
> the maintainers an indication that it's not completely bogus.

It might be good to provide some functionality on the HaikuPorts website
to record this? Perhaps tickets can be used (using a new component
"RFC"?). Comments to this ticket can serve to acknowledge.

Of course, it will still be necessary to announce a new RFC on the
mailing list.

Regards,
Brecht


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