Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: encourage direct notifications to reviewers

2023-10-02 Thread Thomas Weißschuh
On 2023-10-02 01:50:11-0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2023 at 10:36:01AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote: > > On Sun, 01 Oct 2023, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 09:24:57AM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote: > > >> > This does not scale. > > >> > > >> Could you elab

Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: encourage direct notifications to reviewers

2023-10-02 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Oct 02, 2023 at 10:36:01AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote: > On Sun, 01 Oct 2023, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 09:24:57AM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote: > >> > This does not scale. > >> > >> Could you elaborate in which way it doesn't scale? > > > > If I send a modest cr

Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: encourage direct notifications to reviewers

2023-10-02 Thread Jani Nikula
On Sun, 01 Oct 2023, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 09:24:57AM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote: >> > This does not scale. >> >> Could you elaborate in which way it doesn't scale? > > If I send a modest cross-subsystem series it often touches 20+ > subsystems. Between mailing li

Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: encourage direct notifications to reviewers

2023-10-01 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 09:24:57AM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote: > > This does not scale. > > Could you elaborate in which way it doesn't scale? If I send a modest cross-subsystem series it often touches 20+ subsystems. Between mailing lists and maintainers that's usually already 60+ recipients

Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: encourage direct notifications to reviewers

2023-09-29 Thread Thomas Weißschuh
Hi Christoph, On 2023-09-28 02:13:35-0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > NAK. That's honestly surprising. I mentioned this process in various reviews before and nobody had issues with it so far. > This does not scale. Could you elaborate in which way it doesn't scale? > Please read the mailingli

Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: encourage direct notifications to reviewers

2023-09-28 Thread Laurent Pinchart
On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 02:13:35AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > NAK. > > This does not scale. Please read the mailinglist, that's the whole > point of having it. Can lei help here, would there be a way to match on new versions of a series based on who was in the mail thread for previous ver

Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: encourage direct notifications to reviewers

2023-09-28 Thread Christoph Hellwig
NAK. This does not scale. Please read the mailinglist, that's the whole point of having it.

[PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: encourage direct notifications to reviewers

2023-09-27 Thread Thomas Weißschuh
Reviewers may not receive new versions of patches via the lists. Without a directed notification to them they might miss those new versions. This is frustrating for the patch developers as they don't receive their earned Reviewed-by. It is also frustrating for the reviewers, as they might think th