From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750912AbWGVBHa (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:07:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750867AbWGVBHa (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:07:30 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:22415 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750773AbWGVBH3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:07:29 -0400 Message-Id: <1153530447.22255@shark.he.net> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:07:27 -0700 From: "Randy Dunlap" To: David Lang , Matt LaPlante , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How long to wait on patches? X-Mailer: WebMail 1.25 X-IPAddress: 216.191.251.226 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Matt LaPlante wrote: > > > I checked the FAQ but didn't see an answer to this. Over the past few weeks > > I've submitted probably around 8 simple typo-fix patches all of which seemed > > to be approved by others on the list. I've been following the GIT, but these > > patches haven't been merged yet. I know people are busy with other things, > > probably more important, but I would like to know how long is "acceptable" to > > wait before I should re-submit a patch. Obviously if enough time passes, > > patches start to break as source files change. I don't mean to be a nuisance; > > I'm just trying to determine proper protocol. That and the fact I can submit > > several more patches once I get some of these old ones out of my queue. :) > > be sure to watch the -mm tree as well, a lot of patches are picked up by Andrew > to be fed to Linus that way > > this is a particularly bad week since almost all the core developers were up at > OLS. > > one thing you may want to look at doing (hosting permitting) is to setup a git > tree to just hold your trivial patches so that they can be pulled easily. > > I thought there was a person who was maintaining a -trivial tree for this > purpose, I don't remember who it was though. Yes, Adrian Bunk accepts and forwards trivial patches. See http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bunk/trivial/ --- ~Randy