On 28/11/2020 7:11 am, Filipe Laíns wrote:
On Fri, 2020-11-27 at 15:05 +1100, Dean Camera wrote:
Thank you for the review, Filipe!
I'm still new to the kernel patch submission process, so I'm a little
perplexed by the next steps. Who will decide if it is to be applied, and
is there any further action I need to take?
No worries :)
That'd probably Benjamin Tissoires, co-maintainer of the HID subsystem.
There is no further action you need to take, just wait. Please understand that
these things can sometimes take a while as maintainer time is limited and they
may have a long backlog to fight through.
I completely understand - I maintain some open source projects myself,
so I know how it is. I'm just a millenial used to pull requests, issue
trackers and/or email attachments, so I wasn't too sure how to proceed
here and didn't want to mis-step and end up with it getting lost due to
my own inaction.
Thank you both sincerely for your time and efforts, they are very much
appreciated.
Also be aware that maintainers might be a bit conservative about adding new
features as they will be required to maintain them in the long run, so don't
take it personally if they chose not to to merge some of your patches.
I am obviously keen, but not impatient, to get this feature in. I'm
happy to follow whatever process is required, I just haven't found
anything beyond the initial "submitting your patch" documentation.
Yeah, I sympathize. The process essentially is to send the patch and wait :P
I do wish there was a way to track the patches a little better - I fully
understand about the time pressures involved, but having a way to at
least know it was seen and added to a backlog somewhere would be nice.
Alas, I fear such talk is somewhat like the proverbial ocean boiling.
Just one thing, in the kernel mailing lists you are discouraged to top-post.
Thanks for the advice, taken under consideration :).
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
Cheers!
- Dean
Cheers,
Filipe Laíns
Cheers!
- Dean
