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docs: submitting-patches: Clarify that removal of Acks needs explanation too

The paragraph mentions only removal of Tested-by and Reviewed-by tags as
action needing mentioning in patch changelog, so some developers treat
it too literally. Acks, as a weaker form of review/approval, should
rarely be removed, but if that happens it should be explained as well.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20251126081905.7684-2-krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com>

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Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
··· 592 592 or reviewer, should be added by author to the applicable patches when sending 593 593 next versions. However if the patch has changed substantially in following 594 594 version, these tags might not be applicable anymore and thus should be removed. 595 - Usually removal of someone's Tested-by or Reviewed-by tags should be mentioned 596 - in the patch changelog (after the '---' separator). 595 + Usually removal of someone's Acked-by, Tested-by or Reviewed-by tags should be 596 + mentioned in the patch changelog with an explanation (after the '---' 597 + separator). 597 598 598 599 A Suggested-by: tag indicates that the patch idea is suggested by the person 599 600 named and ensures credit to the person for the idea: if we diligently credit