linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Update MAX77802 PMIC entry

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 13:06:48 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@...hile0.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Update MAX77802 PMIC entry

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:06:04PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Tue, 16 May 2017, Mark Brown wrote:

> > > It's commonplace for me to provide Acks for patches I know will
> > > *eventually* be applied by me.  Removing them when applying patches is
> > > part of my daily routine.

> > You're the only person I'm aware of who does this.

> The operative words here are "I'm aware".  Conversely, I know lots of
> Maintainers who do this, but I guess that comes with the territory
> when dealing with the types of patch-sets that I handle.  Often times

Interesting...  any examples?  I get quite a bit of this as well as a
result of regmap and regulator and I can't say it's ever come up.

> > > TL;DR:  If a Maintainer (or anyone for that matter) provides a *-by
> > > tag, it should be carried forward with the (unchanged) patch until
> > > acceptance.

> > Given what acks get used for (they're more of a process thing than
> > anything else) I'm not so sure it works well for them.

> I'm not entirely sure what is meant by this.

An ack is basically a step down from a review saying "I'm OK with this
being applied" but not actually "I did a thorough review".  That makes
it a bit funny compared to a review, testing or similar.

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