Since a similar discussion has come up, what would be the proposed way to suggest tested patches from staging to mainline?

I'm currently carrying one or another selected (simple) patch from staging in my local patch-set that I apply to the latest wine version tag (so, I'm not running master). And these patches have proven quality for me since a view versions now.

Should I just submit the patch to this list and remove Signed-off-by? Should I add Tested-by? Should I contact the original author first?

Or should I add something to the subject like "PATCH suggest", and let "git send-mail" also ping the original author?

Regards,

Kai