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To: corbet@lwn.net (Jonathan Corbet)
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Subject: Re: RFC: reviewer's statement of oversight
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From: Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com>
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 > > > + (b) Any problems, concerns, or questions relating to the patch have been
 > > > +     communicated back to the submitter.  I am satisfied with how the
 > > > +     submitter has responded to my comments.
 > > 
 > > This seems more detailed that necessary.  The process (communicated
 > > back / responded) is not really relevant.
 > 
 > Instead, it seems to me that the process is crucially important.

I agree with you Jon.  In fact my first reaction to your initial post
was that this section (b) was the most succinct distillation of the
most important part of reviewing that I've seen.

 - R.