[FFmpeg-devel] When to add 'Reviewed-by: xxx' in commit messages
softworkz .
softworkz at hotmail.com
Sat May 3 12:32:13 EEST 2025
Hello everybody,
I have an organizational question that I cannot quite figure out how to do it right:
Whether and when to add 'Reviewed-by: xxx' to a commit message?
Specific example: The “execution graph printing” patchset:
Andreas had reviewed the patchset initially. I addressed the mentioned
issues. Is that the point to add 'Reviewed-by:’ already? And what about
the commits without comments? Should I assume them to be reviewed
as well? And how about later changes, do they invalidate it?
From Stefano, I believe that he didn’t review the last two commits (due
to being outside of the text formatting scope, I suppose). I added him
as “reviewed by” only to those where he said “should be ok” or similar.
Andreas didn’t say anything like that, yet I’m sure that he has carefully
looked over everything.
It might not be a big thing after all, but I don't want to be unjust to
anybody and I'm unsure how to handle this, because I can imagine that
someone might either say "Hey, why is he mentioning me, that's not the
version that I have reviewed!" but also "Why doesn't he mention me, I've
reviewed the whole thing in detail?".
That's the circle by which I got trapped at the moment. 😉
I'd be glad if somebody could provide me some guidance in this regard.
Thanks a lot,
sw
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