"Brian Lyles" <brianmlyles@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Thank you for clarifying. I will let you decide if some updated wording > is warranted in future notes from the maintainer, or if I simply > interpreted things in a way that you do not think others would. Perhaps like this, then? diff --git a/MaintNotes b/MaintNotes index 57aa6dd..18d8bcb 100644 --- a/MaintNotes +++ b/MaintNotes @@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ and Documentation/CodingGuidelines to familiarize yourself with the project convention. If you sent a patch and you did not hear any response from anybody for -several days, it could be that your patch was totally uninteresting, -but it also is possible that it was simply lost in the noise. Please +several days, it does not necessarily mean that your patch was totally +uninteresting; it may mearly mean that it was lost in the noise. Please do not hesitate to send a reminder message in such a case. Messages getting lost in the noise may be a sign that those who can evaluate your patch don't have enough mental/time bandwidth to process them
