[PATCH] Re: docs/MANUAL.rst: remove leftover reference to old interface name

Luca Capello luca at pca.it
Wed Jul 13 10:49:41 UTC 2011


Hi there!

On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:41:51 +0200, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 11:29:42PM +0200, Luca Capello wrote:
>> FYI, even if I read your email before leaving for the week-end, given
>> that I am still ignorant WRT the project policy about patches I needed
>> time to investigate them.  For example, I still do not understand why
>> me, as the patch author, should add any Signed-off-by: at all.
>
> You'll find detailed documentation here:
>
> https://github.com/nicolas33/offlineimap/blob/ce901800fff70e4b463e4e2b954e2a5553dfa628/SubmittingPatches.rst

Thank you for the link.

> The short explanation:
>
>   add a Signed-off-by: Your Name <you at example.com> line to the commit
>   message (or just use the option -s when committing) to confirm that you
>   agree to the Developer's Certificate of Origin
>
> Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1

It is your project, you do whatever you like with it, but frankly
speaking this adds more complexity to the whole process, especially
considering the size of OfflineIMAP WRT the Linux kernel.

>> Moreover, I do not know at all how to add that Signed-off-by: above to
>> the patch: should I pipe the email Sebastian sent me to Git?
>
> You can only add it by hand as answer to the patch. I'm fine with this
> kind of agreement.
>
> Since it's your work in the first place, I expect you to have it in your
> local repository. So, you may 'git commit --amend -s' your patch and
> (re)send it.

I will do after this email.

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca
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