I'd like to repeat my previous question. Does acked imply committed? How/when does the commit happen if someone does not have commit privs, e.g. if neither the signer or acker can commit?
Could we get a comment when people commit?
http://osdlab.org/newsroom/press_releases/2004/2004_05_24_dco.html
Acked-by doesn't mean anything(*). If you commit something for someone else you should add your own Signed-off-by.
Segher
(*) ...in this context, of course; it _is_ useful documentation, but has no (semi-)formal meaning.