It is important that contributors take the review process seriously and we collaborate in a respectful way while avoiding personal attacks. Try and make this clear in the language.
Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20221012121152.1179051-5-alex.ben...@linaro.org> --- docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst index 1f2bde0625..80e8693bb6 100644 --- a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst +++ b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst @@ -434,14 +434,20 @@ developers will identify bugs, or suggest a cleaner approach, or even just point out code style issues or commit message typos. You'll need to respond to these, and then send a second version of your patches with the issues fixed. This takes a little time and effort on your part, but -if you don't do it then your changes will never get into QEMU. It's also -just polite -- it is quite disheartening for a developer to spend time -reviewing your code and suggesting improvements, only to find that -you're not going to do anything further and it was all wasted effort. +if you don't do it then your changes will never get into QEMU. + +Remember that a maintainer is under no obligation to take your +patches. If someone has spent the time reviewing your code and +suggesting improvements and you simply re-post without either +addressing the comment directly or providing additional justification +for the change then it becomes wasted effort. You cannot demand others +merge and then fix up your code after the fact. When replying to comments on your patches **reply to all and not just the sender** -- keeping discussion on the mailing list means everybody -can follow it. +can follow it. Remember the spirit of the :ref:`code_of_conduct` and +keep discussions respectful and collaborative and avoid making +personal comments. .. _pay_attention_to_review_comments: -- 2.34.1
