netdev - Re: [PATCH net] docs: netdev: try to guide people on dealing with silence

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Message-ID: <0d80ee23-e106-487e-a824-b048948a859a@sirena.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 20:13:19 +0000
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com, andrew@...n.ch, corbet@....net,
	workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] docs: netdev: try to guide people on dealing with
 silence

On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 12:01:09PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

> +Emails saying just "ping" or "bump" are considered rude. If you can't figure
> +out the status of the patch from patchwork or where the discussion has
> +landed - describe your best guess and ask if it's correct. For example::

> +  I don't understand what the next steps are. Person X seems to be unhappy
> +  with A, should I do B and repost the patches?

This bit (modulo the reference to patchwork) feels like it's generically
good advice and could find a home in submitting-patches.rst or similar,
not that it isn't worth repeating here.

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