On Oct 8 2007 19:37, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
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>Or maybe we need something much less formal that explain the purpose of the
>four tags we use:

At least formal try:

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>Signed-of-by:

* Used by original submitter(s).
* Also used by maintainers to track the patch's path
  (ATM, does not imply "I have look at it in depth")

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>Acked-by:
>Tested-by:

* Used by random people to express their (dis)like/experience with the 
patch.

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>Reviewed-by:

* I am maintaner or an 'important' person and have had a
  look at it in depth

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>Cc:

* Used by original submitter to denote additional maintainers it goes to
* Parties who should be Cced when an a posteriori question comes up


My 2¥.
Jan
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