From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.tipi-net.de (mail.tipi-net.de [194.13.80.246]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BC95D433033 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:22:49 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=194.13.80.246 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1784888572; cv=none; b=E9EvOP/jOoSxVlh2s957tDF03wPiQPzaos4n5mqKrnM9qqBZ+nSMD1qcNAVjWyQHckOTf07xGGVHDeskPVxY6BjUKSMqDXX3MBV6NR3A0bZk89XV7XgFTZcfSiv6zueXtzY/0y4tjkSbjZX2bPhd78UvGJcwY4J3QafZavXY2aU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1784888572; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Xp/gRKXyt7/mIRcpTUFZxAcYW7W7CWF1cmp6RtTiLIk=; h=MIME-Version:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References: Message-ID:Content-Type; b=F4S6YTIJlYhn2PU5FsOGJiPqqw5l5D5IWBv4zIpepIfiuDAul4L1r5vc9ry62yZcmNWh1XYrj4qPSwye0ob1+iTFTQ8uuCEJZEjxopAQYnvRtqqHgr2a4c2TAQ1d4Rta4bVsj+3gyiFpcct1A3cFnnluHNxM0ukRNllXB/kQzJI= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=tipi-net.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=tipi-net.de; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=tipi-net.de header.i=@tipi-net.de header.b=3wVL9vRT; arc=none smtp.client-ip=194.13.80.246 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=tipi-net.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=tipi-net.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=tipi-net.de header.i=@tipi-net.de header.b="3wVL9vRT" Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Mailerdaemon) with ESMTPSA id 75D54A38CF; Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:22:47 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tipi-net.de; s=dkim; t=1784888567; h=from:subject:date:message-id:to:cc:mime-version:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:references; bh=81PvFk0hfFBRVnH5okMYqtPAGB+87iSQe6tZ1Io90zs=; b=3wVL9vRTjPCMWG12yDhJNUTAMVOe1TyXsBgP97sBSptIKprbxyaUzNGlLMzhVU4SygnHjg wak0tAGJUFSlY8ct4wnEkVXjn4M2PprB9Z7cprW7IkMUsRQ/3lMzm0NFfrAJ3gobjEWcOz vonSwhEfVWKRaHURdlTYjaKpf7fJw6OwiD9Vch85x2a1P+d9kA5b/EouNunhNLJsoc5HYH JpzDKrcpD8v44v3crxXqBMHsbil3CqmpuxIjil+DP5j6yQpAOYLuJNsXoXgE81Hu/F/y9E JsLUMbKLn04wAbK7cR+VsvrBd1RbMzRqiPi+VpXOLjI8CGtmj7LABCo3Q9vz5w== Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:22:47 +0200 From: Nicolai Buchwitz To: Paolo Abeni Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Simon Horman , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] docs: netdev: clarify handling of idle patches In-Reply-To: <38b75373f813354ad0ee8bfde12ae5a42e9a11b6.1784884817.git.pabeni@redhat.com> References: <38b75373f813354ad0ee8bfde12ae5a42e9a11b6.1784884817.git.pabeni@redhat.com> Message-ID: X-Sender: nb@tipi-net.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Last-TLS-Session-Version: TLSv1.3 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 > --- > 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 Thanks Nicolai