[gentoo-dev] [PATCH] glep-0066: Update the meaning of Signed-off-by

[gentoo-dev] [PATCH] glep-0066: Update the meaning of Signed-off-by

[Michał Górny]

Reported-by: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org>
---
 glep-0066.rst | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/glep-0066.rst b/glep-0066.rst
index a605cf2..0720ada 100644
--- a/glep-0066.rst
+++ b/glep-0066.rst
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ Title: Gentoo Git Workflow
 Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
 Type: Standards Track
 Status: Final
-Version: 1
+Version: 1.1
 Created: 2017-07-24
-Last-Modified: 2017-11-13
-Post-History: 2017-07-25, 2017-09-28, 2017-10-11
+Last-Modified: 2018-09-18
+Post-History: 2017-07-25, 2017-09-28, 2017-10-11, 2018-09-18
 Content-Type: text/x-rst
 ---
 
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ with the Gentoo ebuild repository.  It covers only Gentoo-specific
 policies, and is not meant to be a complete guide.
 
 
+Change log
+==========
+v1.1
+  Updated the ``Signed-off-by`` footer tag description to account
+  for newly-approved copyright policy.
+
+
 Motivation
 ==========
 Although the main Gentoo repository is using git for two years already,
@@ -188,8 +195,8 @@ A few tags of common use are:
   - ``Reported-by: Full Name <email@example.com>``,
   - ``Reviewed-by: Full Name <email@example.com>`` — usually indicates
     full review,
-  - ``Signed-off-by: Full Name <email@example.com>`` — DCO approval (not
-    used in Gentoo right now),
+  - ``Signed-off-by: Full Name <email@example.com>`` — GCO/DCO approval
+    (defined by GLEP 76 [#GLEP76]_),
   - ``Suggested-by: Full Name <email@example.com>``,
   - ``Tested-by: Full Name <email@example.com>``.
 
@@ -445,6 +452,9 @@ References
 .. [#GLEP63] GLEP 63: Gentoo GPG key policies
    (https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0063.html)
 
+.. [#GLEP76] GLEP 76: Copyright policy
+   (https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0076.html)
+
 .. [#REPOMAN_PKG_NAME_COMMIT]
    (https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=46dafadff58da0220511f20480b73ad09f913430)
 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] glep-0066: Update the meaning of Signed-off-by

[Ulrich Mueller]

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>>>>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2018, Michał Górny wrote:

> Reported-by: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org>
> ---
>  glep-0066.rst | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

There's another paragraph in the "Commit messages" section that should
be updated:

| The only tag defined by git itself is the ``Signed-off-by`` line,
| that is created by ``git commit -s``.  However, Gentoo does not
| currently enforce a DCO consistently, and therefore it is meaningless.

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