Re: [PATCH 6/6] u-boot: Rework signing to remove interdependencies

[Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>]

Hi,

On 01/11/2022 13:54:18-0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
> > That would result in a lot of messages on the mailing list and ends up
> > being a lot of work for the maintainers as well.
> 
> If you use a tool like b4 [1] it can automatically generate a summary thank-you message.
> As an example, [2]. This keeps the number of messages down and is not terribly
> burdensome for maintainers (since it fits into the usual patch workflow),
> 

I was also surprised to not receive confirmation that my patches were
applied. However, unfortunately, b4 is not working with our current
workflow as I am applying the patches and providing tested branches to
Richard that he is cherry-picking from.

> You can set up something like pwbot [3], which integrates with patchwork
> and your repository. It produces messages like [4] automatically when it
> notices they have been merged into the repositiry, and marks them as
> "Accepted" in patchwork. This is even lower effort for your maintainers.
> 

This would integrate better but I4m not sure we have a pw instace for
every repository that compose poky.


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