From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752365AbeBFBdJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Feb 2018 20:33:09 -0500 Received: from mail-ot0-f178.google.com ([74.125.82.178]:35636 "EHLO mail-ot0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751835AbeBFBc7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Feb 2018 20:32:59 -0500 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x2269CK5pB6i3ykraUf5jx9vfRX4JDjga6YoMF/g5ObU7QCN9RVu/dvWDqziWzjVB8YztJY/i8A== Subject: Re: Please apply these tiny, 4-month-old patches. Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 01:31:32 -0000 From: Michael Witten To: David Miller Cc: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, stephen@networkplumber.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20180205.201211.2134769499352656499.davem@davemloft.net> References: <45aab5effc0c424a992646a97cf2ec14-mfwitten@gmail.com> <14527e6c082e4ea282a3f833118c68df-mfwitten@gmail.com> <5603fa86b280465ca559a6b316ac2637-mfwitten@gmail.com> <20180205.201211.2134769499352656499.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 05 Feb 2018 20:12:11 -0500 (EST), David Miller wrote: >> If this is considered "new" code (it isn't) and if this email is >> received outside of an appropriate merge window, then save this >> email for later consideration---this isn't a real-time conversation; >> this is email, so it doesn't matter when you receive it. > > Sorry, things don't work that way. > > You must submit your changes at the appropriate time. > > Please learn how the community works, and how to interact with > developers and maintainers in that community appropriately. I already tried that. If you're unwilling to be an effective maintainer, then please hand off the responsibiilty to someone else. Sincerely, Michael Witten