Re: [PATCH docs v3] docs: maintainer: document expectations of small time maintainers

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On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 07:23:56PM +0100, Edward Cree wrote:
> On 19/07/2023 19:32, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

> > +Maintainers must review *all* patches touching exclusively their drivers,
> > +no matter how trivial. If the patch is a tree wide change and modifies
> > +multiple drivers - whether to provide a review is left to the maintainer.

> Does this apply even to "checkpatch cleanup patch spam", where other patches
>  sprayed from the same source (perhaps against other drivers) have already
>  been nacked as worthless churn?  I've generally been assuming I can ignore
>  those, do I need to make sure to explicitly respond with typically a repeat
>  of what's already been said elsewhere?

Yeah, it's this sort of stuff that makes me concerned about the "must"
wording.  I'd say it's obviously reasonable to ignore such things.

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