Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Maintainer burnout

Laurent Pinchart
2023-08-18T17:17:12Z

On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 05:23:09PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 06:30:45PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 07:41:43PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
>
> > > No, it does not. The point is that you don't need to point out trivial
> > > mistakes anymore, nor devote time to find them.
>
> > > Just by judging the length of the bot's reply and the importance of
> > > the spotted issues, you can make an assessment.
>
> > But you'll still need to reply to the submitter to tell what to expect.
> > As far as I understand, this was considered enough of an issue by Greg
> > to be automated to remove even the human need to push a button, see
> > https://github.com/gregkh/gregkh-linux/blob/master/forms/patch_bot.
>
> I have a bunch of template mails like that too. One of them includes a
> general suggestion to fix issues from existing reviews, including bot
> output.

Do you have any automated way to send some of those mails, or is it
always manual ?

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart