Re: [PATCH v2] docs: submitting-patches: encourage direct notifications to commenters

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Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Commenters may not receive new versions of patches via the lists.
> Without a directed notification to them they might miss those new
> versions.
>
> This is frustrating for the patch developers as they don't receive their
> earned Reviewed-by.
> It is also frustrating for the commenters, as they might think their
> review got ignored or they have to dig up new versions from the archive
> manually.
>
> So encourage patch submitters to make sure that all commenters get
> notified also when no Reviewed-by was issued yet.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - s/reviewer/commenter/ to avoid ambiguity (Christoph)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230927-docs-cc-reviewer-v1-1-2af46ceb2d3c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> index efac910e2659..3245b7b38b98 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ politely and address the problems they have pointed out.  When sending a next
>  version, add a ``patch changelog`` to the cover letter or to individual patches
>  explaining difference against previous submission (see
>  :ref:`the_canonical_patch_format`).
> +Notify people that commented on your patch about new versions by adding them to
> +the patches CC list.

Applied, thanks.

jon




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