From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751104AbWGVCHE (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:07:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751108AbWGVCHE (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:07:04 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:55215 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751104AbWGVCHC (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:07:02 -0400 Message-Id: <1153534021.1550@shark.he.net> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:07:01 -0700 From: "Randy Dunlap" To: Andrew Morton , David Lang , kernel1@cyberdogtech.com, 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 15:45:08 -0700 (PDT) > David Lang 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 > > Yes, I hoover up unloved patches from the mailing list. But only from this > mailing list, and there are probably lots of potentially-useful patches on > other lists which get lost. > > However I have a personal i-dont-do-typo-patches policy. Resending them to > kernel-janitor-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net would be a good idea. Please make that kernel-janitors@lists.osdl.org The sf.net list/hosting is no longer used. or just to trivial will also work. Neither of them is especially fast and should not be used for critical patches. --- ~Randy