On Sat, 3 Jun 2023 18:06:59 +0200 Willy Tarreau wrote: > > I think that is going overboard (too far). As long as a maintainer > > is a direct recipient of the email (patch), that should be sufficient. > > Or it could be simplified, saying that all those who are expected to > play a role on the patchset (review, test, merge etc) should be in the > 'To' field while those who might possibly be interested in having a > look are in 'Cc' (lists, other people having expressed interest in the > patchset, single-time contributors to the file being changed etc). It > could be hinted that usually people read mails sent to them faster than > those they're CCed. This implies that maintainers have to be in To and > lists in Cc. It's useful when maintainer (or group thereof) who are expected to apply the patch are in the To: Who applies the patch is not information a noob may know but it may be worth writing down as best practice?
