16356 2026-07-10 07:27:10 +0000 Clarify trailers usage (Signed-off-by, ...) in imported patches 2026-07-16 14:41:37 +0000 1 1 9 Documentation Development Manual development unspecified x86 Multiple NEW Medium+ normal 6.1 M3 1 yoann.congal paul ccasciato randy.macleod --- --- Yes (doc changes required) oldest_to_newest 106150 0 yoann.congal 2026-07-10 07:27:10 +0000 When importing a patch into yocto, how to handle trailers (Signed-off-by, ...) confuses contributors: For example: * https://lore.kernel.org/all/ak_xh2CM7n4X8_c_@mcrowe.com/ ^ Doc is not clear that the contributor has to add its SoB on a patch they did not authored. * https://lore.kernel.org/openembedded-core/20260703-glib-2-0-cve-2026-58016-wrynose-v1-1-46befa36c6d1@bootlin.com/T/#t ^ The upstream trailers must be preserved as important authorship information And, somewhat related to that, for *backports*, I think the doc should suggest NOT editing the patch message and justifying changes between the upstream patch and the imported patch.