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

Michael Niedermayer michael at niedermayer.cc
Wed Apr 3 03:13:57 EEST 2024


Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
---
 doc/developer.texi | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi
index c86bb5820cc..63835dfa06c 100644
--- a/doc/developer.texi
+++ b/doc/developer.texi
@@ -390,6 +390,10 @@ 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
-- 
2.17.1



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