linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH docs v3] docs: maintainer: document expectations of small time maintainers

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Message-ID: <20230720144246.7e3507d1@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 20 Jul 2023 14:42:46 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>
Cc:     corbet@....net, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>, workflows@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux@...mhuis.info, kvalo@...nel.org,
        benjamin.poirier@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH docs v3] docs: maintainer: document expectations of
 small time maintainers

On Thu, 20 Jul 2023 19:23:56 +0100 Edward Cree wrote:
> Does this apply even to "checkpatch cleanup patch spam", where other patches
>  sprayed from the same source (perhaps against other drivers) have already
>  been nacked as worthless churn? 

For networking you can check patchwork, if it's already marked
as rejected or such - there's no need to respond.

> I've generally been assuming I can ignore those, do I need to make
> sure to explicitly respond with typically a repeat of what's already
> been said elsewhere?

Repeating the same thing over and over is sadly a part of being
a maintainer, tho.