On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 03:47:32PM +0100, Justin Skists wrote: > > > On 26 August 2018 at 15:36 John Whitmore <arigead@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > My question is about what to do during the closed window? I don't think I > > should submit patches as I assume I'll create a backlog for the maintainer > > who'll possibly be flooded when the window re-opens. Similarly I could create > > patches but not send them until the window re-opens, but again I'll just be > > creating a backlog. > > Just keep going. The maintainers will keep a queue of patches and then try to apply them in order when the merge window -rc1 is released for the next one. > > Worse cases would be that the patches will no longer apply (in which case, a V2 will be needed) or, if you haven't heard anything for a while after the -rc1, then a patch RESEND should do the trick. > > Hope that helps, > Justin. Thank you, yes that helps! _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
