From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752526AbaLLXnl (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:43:41 -0500 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:37936 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751132AbaLLXnk (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:43:40 -0500 Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:43:36 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Thomas Gleixner Cc: LKML , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Maintainer abuse Message-ID: <20141212234336.GA28451@pd.tnic> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 12:24:03AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > - Posting of massive patch sets right during or just before the merge > window > > - Reposting of patchsets before the reviewer/maintainer had a chance > to reply to ALL of N patches Absolutely agreed. The rule of sending out patches and collecting feedback for a week at least is not really being respected, from my experience. Shit gets blasted out at the highest rate possible. Maybe lkml should have a git-send-email throttle. And I have the sneaking impression that a lot of people have not really understood what merge window means. > Yours grumpy And then they wonder why reviewers/maintainers are grumpy. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. --