[Linux-kernel-mentees] checkpatch.pl improvement: NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF warnings for users with multiple emails

Dwaipayan Ray dwaipayanray1 at gmail.com
Mon Sep 21 14:00:07 UTC 2020


> This sounds like a plan.
>
> I expect that this task would roughly take you 40 hours of work to get
> a first patch ready to the state for review at lkml.
>
> Please use the linux-kernel-mentees mailing list for early versions of
> your work before that.
>
> Then, I expect another 40 hours of work to get all reviewers/maintainers
> happy and get it towards final acceptance.
>
> I suggest that for the first mentorship milestone, we also add to have
> some basic documentation and some patches directed to the developers
> we can already see with special setups, e.g., Daniel Vetter, with suitable
> entries in .mailmap for them. They can then ack those .mailmap patches and
> integrate them.
>
> Let us aim to have 10 patches for those most regular developers sent out
> and at least one being accepted.
>
> Would you agree to that for the first milestone?
>
> If so, please state here and provide all needed information in the
> community bridge system. Then, we will proceed in the system, such that
> you get an official go and you can start fleshing out these patches.
>
>
> Lukas

Definitely, I agree with the first milestone.

I will fill up the details on Community bridge and let you know once
done.

Thanks,
Dwaipayan.


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