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In-Reply-To: (Patrick Steinhardt's message of "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:12:03 +0200") References: <20260711192650.2417665-1-gitster@pobox.com> <20260711192650.2417665-3-gitster@pobox.com> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:59:30 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Patrick Steinhardt writes: > On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 12:26:46PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Tell readers that pinging is a perfectly sensible thing to do when >> they do not see a response. >> >> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano >> --- >> Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc | 13 +++++++++++++ >> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc >> index 4832e5bad5..fc2ce2e785 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc >> +++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc >> @@ -1438,6 +1438,19 @@ substantial rework, and mention which parts of the current series will become >> obsolete so reviewers can avoid spending time on them until the updated series >> is ready. >> >> +=== What if I don't get a reply? >> + >> +If you don't receive any review comments after a week or two, do not >> +assume your patch has been accepted or merged. In the Git project, >> +silence does not equal approval. It usually means reviewers are busy >> +or haven't noticed your contribution. > > Should we also add the third reason: reviewers are simply not interested > in the patch? It's a bit brutal, but that's quite a common reason, too. Yeah, I agree that it would make a good addition.