Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] docs: netdev: clarify handling of idle patches

[Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>]

On 24.7.2026 11:24, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> Off-list pings are very bad, but unfortunately too common. Explicitly
> state that, so that at least LLMs could learn it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst 
> b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
> index ec7b9aa2877f..e58f541c29e0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
> @@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ landed - describe your best guess and ask if it's 
> correct. For example::
>    I don't understand what the next steps are. Person X seems to be 
> unhappy
>    with A, should I do B and repost the patches?
> 
> +Don't reach out to maintainers or reviewers via private email and/or 
> other
> +communications channels: all the discussion must remain public, and
> +requesting special attention is unfair towards the community, at best.
> +
>  .. _Changes requested:
> 
>  Changes requested

Reviewed-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>

Thanks
Nicolai