On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 04:39:15PM +0200, Oscar Carter wrote: > Hi, > > I've been working in the KSPP task number 20: "Enable -Wcast-function-type > globally" [1] but now I have some questions about the development process. > > I sent a v3 patch for the firewire subsystem [2] and a v5 patch series for > the acpi/irqchip subsystems [3]. During the process I've received comments > and suggestions about my work but now these two threads have no responses > in three weeks. > > When I've send patches to the staging area if they have no responses, in a > few days I received a mail from Greg to tell me that the specific patch had > been applied to one of the branches of his git tree. > > Now, what it's the correct workflow out of the staging area? Are these > patches in a process of been applied or have they been forgotten? Do I need > to insist? And how? > > [1] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/20 > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/kernel-hardening/20200530090839.7895-1-oscar.carter@xxxxxxx/ > [3] https://lore.kernel.org/kernel-hardening/20200530143430.5203-1-oscar.carter@xxxxxxx/ Each subsystem works in different ways, but almost always, after 3 weeks, you can send a nice response to your patches of "hey, any comments on this?" if you haven't heard anything. Note that during the 2 week merge window, developers can not take new patches, so that sometimes does cause extra delays. good luck! greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
