From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751024AbWGVBpj (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:45:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751084AbWGVBpj (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:45:39 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:58022 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751024AbWGVBpi (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:45:38 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:45:23 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: David Lang Cc: kernel1@cyberdogtech.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How long to wait on patches? Message-Id: <20060721184523.e99d295c.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20060721205056.18b428eb.kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.19; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:45:08 -0700 (PDT) David Lang wrote: > > I checked the FAQ but didn't see an answer to this. Over the past few weeks > > I've submitted probably around 8 simple typo-fix patches all of which seemed > > to be approved by others on the list. I've been following the GIT, but these > > patches haven't been merged yet. I know people are busy with other things, > > probably more important, but I would like to know how long is "acceptable" to > > wait before I should re-submit a patch. Obviously if enough time passes, > > patches start to break as source files change. I don't mean to be a nuisance; > > I'm just trying to determine proper protocol. That and the fact I can submit > > several more patches once I get some of these old ones out of my queue. :) > > be sure to watch the -mm tree as well, a lot of patches are picked up by Andrew > to be fed to Linus that way Yes, I hoover up unloved patches from the mailing list. But only from this mailing list, and there are probably lots of potentially-useful patches on other lists which get lost. However I have a personal i-dont-do-typo-patches policy. Resending them to kernel-janitor-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net would be a good idea.