[U-Boot] Should be Acked-by and Reviewed-by inherited for updated patches?

[Nobuhiro Iwamatsu]

Hi,

2013/10/28 Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m at jp.panasonic.com>:
> Hello exports.
>
>
> When re-posting updated a patch (or patch series),
> should be Acked-by and Reviewed-by tag inherited?
>
>
> Let me give an example.
>
>
> I posted
> "First step towards Kbuild: Use Kbuild style makefiles"  v3.
>
>
> Simon reviewed it and issued Acked-by tag.
>
>> The series:
>>
>> Acked-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
>
>
>
> But, unfortunately the series cannot be applied on the
> current u-boot/master any more.
> I will need to rebase the series on the u-boot/master
> and re-post them as v4.
>
>
> In this case, should I include
> Acked-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> in the log of v4 series?
>

Yes, If you need to rebase the patch, and re-send, you can add
Acked-by: to your patches.

>
> I think Acked-by tag for v3 cannot garantee
> the validity of v4.
> So, strictly speaking, I think I should drop
> Acked-by tag if any change exists between v3 and v4.
>
> Or should I use a common sense?
>
>
>
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada
>

Best regards,
  Nobuhiro

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