Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] Add support for 1588 in LAN8814

David Miller
2022-03-04T14:37:49Z

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2022 14:47:48 +0100

> On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 01:21:21PM +0000, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
>> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2022 14:06:54 +0100
>>
>> > On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 12:50:11PM +0000, patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org wrote:
>> >> Hello:
>> >>
>> >> This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
>> >> by David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>:
>> >
>> > Hi David
>> >
>> > Why was this merged?
>>
>> Sorry, it seemed satraightforward to me, and I try to get the backlog under 40 patches before
>> I hand over to Jakub for the day.
>>
>> If you want to review, reply to the thread immediately saying so, don't wait until you haver time for the
>> full review.
>
> This patchset was on the list for less than 5 hours before it got
> merged. I tend to sleep for 8 to 10 hours. Making it impossible for me
> to react any faster. At an absolute minimum, you need to wait 12
> hours, if you expect anybody to have a fair chance of being able to
> say, hold on, i want to comment on this patchset.
>
> I also don't like the metric of 40 patches backlog. Is the size of
> backlog more important than the quality of the patches? Don't we care
> about the quality of the code any more? Don't we care about getting
> code reviewed any more?

Ok, message received, I'll apply things less aggressively.

Thank you.