>> See also another bit of background information once more: >> [PATCH v2] certs/extract-cert: Fix checkpatch issues >> 2023-06-09 >> https://lore.kernel.org/kernel-janitors/c464c4ee-038c-47bf-857a-b11a89680e82@kadam.mountain/ >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/6/9/879 > > Markus, it's not about imperative tense. It's about you wasting > people's time. > > Read the subject again. "Allow userspace to provide expected diskseq". > That is imperative tense. Yes for the patch subject. (Patch/commit descriptions can be adjusted accordingly.) > I have not pointed it out to you because it > just doesn't matter at all. If it's in imperative tense or if it's not > in imperative tense, it doesn't matter. It seems that known development documentation expresses opposite requirements. > You're sending out a lot of messages and quite a few times it looks like > your targeting newbies. I dare to send some change suggestions (or reminders) to various contributors. > One new developer sent me an email privately > who was over the top grateful when I told him he could ignore you. > The guy was like, "I was so puzzled, because it's my first patch > and I didn't know how to respond." Thanks for such information. > This was an experienced programmer > who we want, but he was new to the kernel community so he didn't know > if we had bizarre rules or whatever. There is some guidance available already. Development experiences can and will grow further. > I've looked through your patches that have recently been merged. Thanks for another look. > Some of those maintainers know that you are banned Yes, of course. > and that your patches are not getting any review from the mailing list. Review approaches are generally improvable. > We are really trying to be nice and to work around your situation. Can remaining communication difficulties be resolved better anyhow? > But don't start bothering newbies who don't know what the situation is. I do not distinguish some of my patch feedback on the contributor category. Regards, Markus -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
