patch recipients

patch recipients

[Alison Schofield]

Hi Deepak,

I notice that you started CC'ing mentors directly on your patches.

I want to redirect you to the directions in the First Patch Tutorial
and the Welcome Announcement on the mailing list. Both talk about patch
recipients.

Given that you've started it, you cannot drop them from the current
set, because we never trim the recipient list once a set is in flight.
Sometimes we grow it.

Also, I'm guessing there is a chance that the mentors privately told
you to 'CC them.  NAK!  That should not be done. Mentors should be
subscribed to this list. Let's keep the patch recipient list clean.

Thanks,
Alison

Re: patch recipients

[Deepak R Varma]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 10:06:05PM -0700, Alison Schofield wrote:
> Hi Deepak,

Hello Alison,

>
> I notice that you started CC'ing mentors directly on your patches.
That is correct. Actually there is a section "Send your patch to your mentors"
on the following link. Hence I did that.

https://kernelnewbies.org/Outreachyfirstpatch?action=show&redirect=OPWfirstpatch#kernel-setup-done

>
> I want to redirect you to the directions in the First Patch Tutorial
> and the Welcome Announcement on the mailing list. Both talk about patch
> recipients.
Sure. I will follow the instructions from here.

>
> Given that you've started it, you cannot drop them from the current
> set, because we never trim the recipient list once a set is in flight.
> Sometimes we grow it.
That must have been a mistake. I tried to copy them on all my patches. I will
check which one I missed and ensure I am not missing any recipients going
forward.

>
> Also, I'm guessing there is a chance that the mentors privately told
> you to 'CC them.  NAK!  That should not be done. Mentors should be
> subscribed to this list. Let's keep the patch recipient list clean.
NO, they have not. It was my own assumption based on how I understood the link
mentioned above. The mentors have not communicated to me anything so far.

Thank you,
./drv

>
> Thanks,
> Alison

Re: patch recipients

[Alison Schofield]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 11:26:36AM +0530, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 10:06:05PM -0700, Alison Schofield wrote:
> > Hi Deepak,
> 
> Hello Alison,
> 
> >
> > I notice that you started CC'ing mentors directly on your patches.
> That is correct. Actually there is a section "Send your patch to your mentors"
> on the following link. Hence I did that.
> 
> https://kernelnewbies.org/Outreachyfirstpatch?action=show&redirect=OPWfirstpatch#kernel-setup-done

Thanks for pointing it out. The content of that section is correct,
but the title of it is wrong. Perhaps a better header would simply
be 'Send your patch' and the detail in the body of that section is
correct.

See my recent email to the list about how to update the First Patch
Tutorial.

> 
> >
> > I want to redirect you to the directions in the First Patch Tutorial
> > and the Welcome Announcement on the mailing list. Both talk about patch
> > recipients.
> Sure. I will follow the instructions from here.
> 
> >
> > Given that you've started it, you cannot drop them from the current
> > set, because we never trim the recipient list once a set is in flight.
> > Sometimes we grow it.
> That must have been a mistake. I tried to copy them on all my patches. I will
> check which one I missed and ensure I am not missing any recipients going
> forward.
> 
> >
> > Also, I'm guessing there is a chance that the mentors privately told
> > you to 'CC them.  NAK!  That should not be done. Mentors should be
> > subscribed to this list. Let's keep the patch recipient list clean.
> NO, they have not. It was my own assumption based on how I understood the link
> mentioned above. The mentors have not communicated to me anything so far.

When the cleanup patch requirement is complete, then the contact
with the mentors about small tasks for projects begins.

Thanks for your help making the tutorial clearer,
Alison

> 
> Thank you,
> ./drv
> 
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Alison
> 
>