On Mon, 1 Jul 2024 at 16:07, Konstantin Ryabitsev
<konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 09:00:48PM GMT, Akihiko Odaki wrote:
> > > > Signed-off-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
> > >
> > > PS: you don't need to put a signed-off-by line on the cover
> > > letter, only in the individual patches.
> >
> > I have been using b4 (https://b4.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/) these days and
> > it automatically appends Signed-off-by to the cover letter.
>
> Many subsystems use cover letters as templates for merge commits, which is why
> b4 puts the Signed-off-by there. It has no impact on subsystems that don't do
> that.
...well, except that it sends the implicit signal "this person
or tool doesn't know how QEMU's patch workflow works, maybe
check more closely", which is slightly unfortunate.
-- PMM