Re: [PATCH 00/14] pwm: Patches I consider ready for the next merge window

[Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2021, Thierry Reding wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 11:28:38AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > this is the set of patches that are open on the list for some time.
> > Lee suggested to resend them.
> > 
> > @Thierry: I'm unsure what is the best way to nag. Is it really
> > resending? Or does this just result mostly in overhead because the
> > patches are still open in patchwork and it adds copies to your mailbox?
> > (Another downside is that taking the patches from this thread results in
> > recording a newer Author Date compared to picking up the originals.)
> 
> I use patchwork extensively for tracking, so merely resending patches so
> that they float to the top of my inbox isn't useful in itself. Patches
> do, by the way, float to the top of my inbox when you just reply to them
> (e.g. by pinging). Resending a particular series is fine because it's
> then easy to mark the old version as "superseded". Sending a collection
> of patch such as this is a bit more annoying because now the duplicates
> are spread about a bit more in patchwork, so it's a bit more work to get
> patchwork cleaned up. But it's not that bad, so no harm done.
> 
> Usually when I look at patchwork I will look at the A/F/R/T column and
> the more flags I see there, the more likely I will be to go and apply
> it. Anything else I will go and look at myself and comment and/or apply
> or sometimes wait for someone else to review.
> 
> Perhaps a better way to nag me would be to delegate patches that you've
> reviewed or think are ready to me, which would make them stand out more
> among the others.

It's not Uwe's fault, it's mine.

Since some of Uwe's patches had been left unreviewed for several
weeks, I asked him to collect up all of his dangling patches and
submit this resend for *me* to review.

As someone who does not use Patchwork, I find this to be the simplest
and cleanest method of patch collation.  Going by your almost
immediate reply, I guess it had a nice desired side-effect. :)

Thanks for taking the time.

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