2.29 freeze update: Last fortnight

[Siddhesh Poyarekar]

We're digressing, but y'all started it so... ;)

On 22/01/19 6:53 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>> this was mentioned earlier in the ChangeLog discussion:
>>
>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/tree/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog
>>
>> (see SPECIAL SYNTAX part: it uses Co-authored-by:)
>  
> That is *in addition* to Signed-off-by: which is just ignored?
> 
> I can still request the authors provide their same kernel-like
> sign-off, like I provide my Reviewed-by: to track how many things
> I've reviewed (which I think is also important for the community
> to acknowledge).
> 
> I agree that in the fully-automated future I will need Co-authored-by:
> syntax.

The context of that comment is that Signed-off-by has a specific
meaning, i.e. a DCO.  Using it in the glibc context may be confusing
because we have copyright assigment in place.

I had also thought that using DCO in the glibc context would be
overloading its meaning but after thinking about it for a while, it
shouldn't and both ought to be able to coexist.  Of course, IANAL, etc.

Siddhesh