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From: Guru Das Srinagesh <gurus@codeaurora.org>
To: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Cc: "Kate Stewart" <kstewart@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"Daniel Vetter" <daniel@ffwll.ch>,
	linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, "David Airlie" <airlied@linux.ie>,
	"Wesley W. Terpstra" <wesley@sifive.com>,
	"Michael Turquette" <mturquette@baylibre.com>,
	"Joonas Lahtinen" <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>,
	"Kamil Debski" <kamil@wypas.org>,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	"Liam Girdwood" <lgirdwood@gmail.com>,
	"Atish Patra" <atish.patra@wdc.com>,
	"Thierry Reding" <thierry.reding@gmail.com>,
	"Benjamin Gaignard" <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org>,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
	"Lee Jones" <lee.jones@linaro.org>,
	linux-clk@vger.kernel.org,
	"Ville Syrjälä" <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com>,
	"Alexandre Torgue" <alexandre.torgue@st.com>,
	"Mauro Carvalho Chehab" <mchehab@kernel.org>,
	"Axel Lin" <axel.lin@ingics.com>, "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>,
	"Alexander Shiyan" <shc_work@mail.ru>,
	"Fabio Estevam" <festevam@gma>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 00/12] Convert PWM period and duty cycle to u64
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:59:40 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200331195939.GA25781@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200331134804.xxrjaestztcazalc@holly.lan>

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 02:48:04PM +0100, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 02:00:12PM -0700, Guru Das Srinagesh wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 09:26:36PM +0100, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 12:15:07PM -0700, Guru Das Srinagesh wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 02:47:03PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > > > This is a giant CC list.
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, this is because I received feedback [1] on an earlier patchset
> > > > directing me to add the reviewers of patches to the cover letter as
> > > > well so that they get some context for the patch.
> > > > ...
> > > > [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-pwm/msg11735.html
> > > 
> > > Strictly speaking I only asked for backlight maintainers to be Cc:ed.
> > > I was fairly careful to be specific since I'm aware there are a variety
> > > of differing habits when putting together the Cc: list for covering
> > > letters.
> > > 
> > > With the original patch header the purpose of the patch I was Cc:ed on
> > > was impossible to determine without the covering letter.
> > 
> > I suspect this might be the case for all the other reviewers as well -
> > that they also would appreciate context for the specific patch they are
> > being added to review.
> > 
> > I wasn't entirely sure what the convention was, so I applied your
> > suggestion to all the files. How do you suggest I handle this in my next
> > patchset? I fully agree that such a large CC list does look really
> > ungainly.
> 
> IHMO there should not be a mechanical convention. Instead your goal
> needs to be how to make it as easy as possible to review your patches.
> 
> Think about it this way: Each person in the To: of a patch (and maybe
> also Cc: depending on how you construct things) is a person you are
> asking to review and comment on the patch. If that person will find it
> easier to review the patch if they are included in the cover letter then
> either they should be included or you should improve the patch
> description of the patch itself (sometimes both).
> 
> Either way it is about optimizing the patchset for readability. More
> people read them than write them.

Thank you for the explanation! I shall keep your suggestions in mind
while sending out future patchsets.

Thank you.

Guru Das.

      reply	other threads:[~2020-03-31 19:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-19 20:50 [PATCH v10 00/12] Convert PWM period and duty cycle to u64 Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-19 20:50 ` [PATCH v10 01/12] drm/i915: Use 64-bit division macro Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-19 20:50 ` [PATCH v10 02/12] hwmon: pwm-fan: " Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-19 21:12   ` Guenter Roeck
2020-03-20  1:13     ` Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-19 20:50 ` [PATCH v10 03/12] ir-rx51: " Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-19 20:50 ` [PATCH v10 04/12] pwm: clps711x: Cast period to u32 before use as divisor Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-19 20:50 ` [PATCH v10 05/12] pwm: pwm-imx-tpm: Use 64-bit division macro Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-19 20:50 ` [PATCH v10 06/12] pwm: imx27: Use 64-bit division macro and function Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-19 20:50 ` [PATCH v10 07/12] pwm: sifive: Use 64-bit division macro Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-19 20:50 ` [PATCH v10 08/12] pwm: stm32-lp: Use %llu format specifier for period Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-19 20:50 ` [PATCH v10 09/12] pwm: sun4i: Use 64-bit division function Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-19 20:50 ` [PATCH v10 10/12] backlight: pwm_bl: " Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-19 20:50 ` [PATCH v10 11/12] clk: pwm: Assign u64 divisor to unsigned int before use Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-19 20:50 ` [PATCH v10 12/12] pwm: core: Convert period and duty cycle to u64 Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-21 11:47 ` [PATCH v10 00/12] Convert PWM " Dan Carpenter
2020-03-30 19:15   ` Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-30 20:26     ` Daniel Thompson
2020-03-30 21:00       ` Guru Das Srinagesh
2020-03-31 13:48         ` Daniel Thompson
2020-03-31 19:59           ` Guru Das Srinagesh [this message]

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