[FFmpeg-cvslog] doc/developer: (security) researchers should be credited

[Michael Niedermayer]

ffmpeg | branch: release/6.1 | Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> | Wed Apr  3 02:13:05 2024 +0200| [b38902646c83a9bf656928765dc18d6d066e0653] | committer: Michael Niedermayer

doc/developer: (security) researchers should be credited

Reviewed-by: Tomas Härdin <git at haerdin.se>
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
(cherry picked from commit 5a5422196d0283918a1aa996a81bd51522f34fda)
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?a=commit;h=b38902646c83a9bf656928765dc18d6d066e0653
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 doc/developer.texi | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi
index 26dc5b9749..a55599d4fa 100644
--- a/doc/developer.texi
+++ b/doc/developer.texi
@@ -396,6 +396,10 @@ If you apply a patch, send an
 answer to ffmpeg-devel (or wherever you got the patch from) saying that
 you applied the patch.
 
+ at subheading Credit any researchers
+If a commit/patch fixes an issues found by some researcher, always credit the
+researcher in the commit message for finding/reporting the issue.
+
 @subheading Always wait long enough before pushing changes
 Do NOT commit to code actively maintained by others without permission.
 Send a patch to ffmpeg-devel. If no one answers within a reasonable