From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Are more and more patches getting lost lately? Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:34:19 -0700 Message-ID: <7vd4jk8r78.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <20080904083343.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Nanako Shiraishi X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Sep 04 06:36:41 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Kb6aF-0007jU-Mn for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:36:40 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751080AbYIDEe1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2008 00:34:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751124AbYIDEe1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2008 00:34:27 -0400 Received: from a-sasl-quonix.sasl.smtp.pobox.com ([208.72.237.25]:52688 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751002AbYIDEe1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2008 00:34:27 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by a-sasl-quonix.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCADF72CDD; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 00:34:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (ip68-225-240-211.oc.oc.cox.net [68.225.240.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-sasl-quonix.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C1E5E72CD7; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 00:34:21 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20080904083343.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> (Nanako Shiraishi's message of "Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:33:43 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: C12C89C2-7A3A-11DD-98AC-3113EBD4C077-77302942!a-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Nanako Shiraishi writes: > I noticed that recently there are many patches sent to the list > that are left unapplied (and many of them are from you). Many > of them look useful or at least promising to become useful. Geez. Well,... thanks. Do you have particular ones in the list that you really want to see in-tree early, do you want all of them, or what? > What can we, the mailing list readers, do to help these patches > applied? Ask the authors of individual patches about their > progress? That would be the way to go. I try to comment on all patches/topics that interests me, and I refrain from applying what I commented on before I see responses (and the response should not be "yes sir I'll obey blindly"; "No, the reason I did it that way was because..." to show that the submitter has thought things through is much more preferred). If there is no progress in the discussion, it is very possible that I forget, even when it is my turn to respond. "I defended my position responding to comments from you [or from the list] and I believe my argument was sound. Did you forget to apply the patch, or do you want to discuss more?" from the original submitter is very much appreciated.