On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: > Often-times, this happens when a new contributor fails to realize that > the list is moderated, but that we will moderate non-subscriber's > messages through. What commonly happens is that a new contributor sends > a message, sees nothing on the archives, so they then subscribe, then > send again under the assumption that it would help; and sometimes even > send a third time when getting impatient that it hasn't shown up in list > archives. Then, a few hours later, when the moderator finally releases > the gates on the first-time post (a delay which happens whether you > posted as a subscriber or non-subscriber), all of the multiple pending > messages hit the list, making the new poster sound redundant.
Thanks. I was wondering what had happened to the mails when suddenly I saw a lot of them in my inbox! > Varad, as a new contributor, you are in a position to possibly help us: > what documentation pages did you read to learn where to post your > patches, so that we can try and modify those pages to give more hints to > help the next guy avoid the embarrassment of double posting? > >> >> But welcome to the community, and you'll surely find out how to optimize >> your workflow for the second patch. :) > > Indeed. And if you haven't already found it, > http://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch is a great resource (and > again, knowing what pages you HAVE found may help us figure out if we > can tweak those pages to more prominently point to this page). Sure. I went through http://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/GettingStartedDevelopers and http://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch wikis before sending out the patch. I guess it'd be useful to change these to avoid such happenings. Thanks for the reply. Varad