On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Richardson, Bruce < bruce.richard...@intel.com> wrote:
> Topic: Management of old patches in patchwork > * Unanimous agreement that old patches should be rejected in patchwork > after a reasonable period, set initially at 3 releases (9 months). > * After a release, all patches dated older than 3 releases previously, > e.g. after 17.11, any patches submitted before the release of 17.02, > will be marked as rejected and a mail reply sent to the appropriate > mailing list thread informing people of the same. > * To have patches reconsidered for future inclusion, a new version of > the patches should be submitted to the mailing list. > Does this mean there is a commitment to act on submitted patches in a timely manner? Maybe this is better now, but at least in the past, even small patches to fix bugs would sit around with no action on them for 6+ months. It's been a while since I submitted any patches, so if this isn't an issue now, then nevermind :-) Jay
