From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB014CD8CB6 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:59:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234356AbjJJT7N (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:59:13 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58742 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233571AbjJJT7M (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:59:12 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:3a1::42]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D49F793; Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:59:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:281:8300:73::646]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 87B1444A; Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:59:10 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 87B1444A DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1696967950; bh=JA8hjFFFGYf/T57XN4WlJmox2mL5lMtyjwDlvY9UAZc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=IBPIE+3pHmYQYIGc/SAGBL/1/FqkBmg98WQpN89EYW0pC2igNp1+tRaBcWIKnL3I1 qQnEL/mv1C/doKNzoa56NXXzjULcLirMS/4pdoGoFahaYnAqE/V+0KXQSvIiJhvZcM AEt8JlLrjXuZWyMl3SlGRJ0gmNseZ48hTWfMMcL8PpWPJpYWanpDOKOnSCAmnJIMlt 9Qq7e0vTVtR/vvB5OP/rfUgioUUuTkp7eTtojp7fv2f9IfVQbc9oYIkvRY+DX8qhjn DUAq/rvDsTkjHsM+/gnN3P3hKeJOpinlbSB58say6PK0sbcsn0ruD8CWIouR0e0ypR DZqv4meHQu0vA== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Thomas =?utf-8?Q?Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig , Jani Nikula , Thomas =?utf-8?Q?Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs: submitting-patches: encourage direct notifications to commenters In-Reply-To: <20231003-docs-cc-reviewer-v2-1-f93fb946e21e@weissschuh.net> References: <20231003-docs-cc-reviewer-v2-1-f93fb946e21e@weissschuh.net> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:59:09 -0600 Message-ID: <8734yi5jw2.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Thomas Wei=C3=9Fschuh writes: > Commenters 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 commenters, as they might think their > review got ignored or they have to dig up new versions from the archive > manually. > > So encourage patch submitters to make sure that all commenters get > notified also when no Reviewed-by was issued yet. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Wei=C3=9Fschuh > --- > Changes in v2: > - s/reviewer/commenter/ to avoid ambiguity (Christoph) > - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230927-docs-cc-reviewer-v1-1-2a= f46ceb2d3c@weissschuh.net > --- > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation= /process/submitting-patches.rst > index efac910e2659..3245b7b38b98 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > @@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ politely and address the problems they have pointed o= ut. When sending a next > version, add a ``patch changelog`` to the cover letter or to individual = patches > explaining difference against previous submission (see > :ref:`the_canonical_patch_format`). > +Notify people that commented on your patch about new versions by adding = them to > +the patches CC list. Applied, thanks. jon