On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 11:41:10PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote: > > > I feel like I am missing something here. > > > > That is a weird response, you feel like something is missing > > There is. The patch. > > Maintainers have a slightly better memory than a goldfish, but given > the high volume of patches, we don't remember threads from 2016. Also, > all our infrastructure has limited memory, this patch is not in lore, > and it is not in patchworks. So in terms of getting merged, it does > not exist. > > We do however recommend that if a patch has not been merged within 2 > weeks, it is rebased, any Acked-by: etc tags are added and the patch > reposted. Thanks Andrew, that is also my position. A ping for a multi-year old patch is unusual (for me). I was wondering if there was a back story. I guess not.
