linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] SafeSetID MAINTAINERS file update for v5.3

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Message-ID: <20190805192727.GA15470@chatter.i7.local>
Date:   Mon, 5 Aug 2019 15:27:27 -0400
From:   Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Micah Morton <mortonm@...omium.org>,
        linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] SafeSetID MAINTAINERS file update for v5.3

On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 12:17:49PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> However, I suspect that getting message-ids for all your pull 
>> requests
>> would significantly complicate your workflow.
>
>Yeah, that would be a noticeable annoyance. If I were to process pull
>requests the way I used to process emailed patches (ie "git am -s" on
>a mailbox) that would be a natural thing to perhaps do, but it's not
>at all how it ends up working. Having to save the pull request email
>to then process it with some script would turn it into a chore.
>
>I think the pr-tracker-bot clearly catches most cases as it is, and
>it's only the occasional "somebody did something odd" that then misses
>an automated response. Not a huge deal. For me it was actually more
>the "I didn't understand why the response didn't happen", not so much
>"I really want to always see responses".

Ok, let me add a fix for Re: at the start -- this won't make things
significantly more expensive, but will catch this particular corner 
case.

Best regards,
-K