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2017-04-25 13:34 GMT+00:00 Eric Fried <openstack at fried.cc>:
> Howdy folks.
>
> What's the protocol when a change set has more than one (significant)
> contributor?  I've seen this "Co-Authored-By" tag in commit messages -
> under what circumstances is it necessary/appropriate to use that?  What
> official or procedural significance does it have, if any?

It may be used to decide whether someone may be nominated as an extra
ATC for a project, I've only found
https://releases.openstack.org/newton/schedule.html#extra-atcs-deadline
for an indirect reference.

> Is it possible to change the owner of a change set (e.g. if someone else
> has become the primary contributor, or if the original owner has left
> the project)?  Is that recommended?

I don't think that this is possible. If the change becomes
sufficiently different from the original, you may consider either
splitting it up into two patches or resubmitting it as a new change.

Otherwise just adding yourself as co-author and resubmitting seems to
be the most common practice.

> Is there any other process or metadata that applies to this topic?

There may be legal (copyright related) issues, but I don't know about that.