Re: RFC: DEP-3: Patch Tagging Guidelines

[James Westby <jw+debian@jameswestby.net>]

Guido Günther wrote:
>> I am concerned that just allowing to use git-format-patch will result in
>> people not making an effort to markup other metadata in DEP#3 format,
>> like bug numbers or reviewers and leave those as free-form in the body.
> We can have Forwarded:, Origin:, Received-by: in this format as well,
> just like Signed-off-by: or Reviewed-by: or Thanks:.

They are difficult to update though. Say we collaborate in a VCS on the
same package, and you create a patch and upload it, and then I later
forward it.

I will then want to change the "Forwarded:" value in the patch, however
this is in the commit message, so must I amend your commit in order to
do that?

Thanks,

James