I'm writing here as a last resort in the hope that someone can, kindly, help me understand what I'm doing wrong and why I'm being ignored. Let's start from the beginning: On March 8th, I sent my very first patch "[PATCH] bcache: Use bcache without formatting existing device" to the linux-bcache mailing list. I was very excited to finally contribute to the Linux kernel. After just one day I received very positive feedback (unfortunately not from the maintainer) and I followed up the same day; fulfilling the requests. On March 10th, I submitted the third version of my patch with fixes of some warnings reported by the "kernel test robot". No replies from any of the maintainers. On March 22nd, I sent a kind ping: I got no replies from any of the maintainers. On March 28th, I sent the 4th version of the patch. On April 21st, I sent a kind ping replying to my last patch message, asking for *any* feedback: I still haven't received any reply. I fully understand that it's almost certainly my fault. Should I have sent a RFC instead of sending a PATCH? I really don't know and the worst part is that I will never know unless someone responds to me. I'm willing to learn and ready to take accountability for my mistakes but being ignored prevents me from doing so. The linux-bcache mailing list has zero-to-little activity, so I don't think that my multiple emails got lost and on the other hand it's very difficult to help the maintainer with other patch requests, because there are so few of them (I read this could be a way to encourage the maintainer to respond to your other requests). Should I just give up? Should I resend my PATCH as RFC and hope for the best? I'm open to suggestions. Thank you very much in advance, Andrea -- The contents of this email are confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Devo, Inc; arco@xxxxxxxx <mailto:arco@xxxxxxxx>; 255 Main St Suite 702, Cambridge MA USA 02142 Calle Estébanez Calderón 3-5, 5th Floor Madrid, Spain 28020 _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
