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From: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>, tools@kernel.org
Subject: Re: Replying to skipped patches in b4 review
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 20:16:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <auzV9fKvazbJoS6y@levanger> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a50f713b-14ed-4ccc-877a-cf2c95111c09@sirena.org.uk>

On Thu, Nov 05, 2026 at 05:24:13PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If a patch is marked as skipped in b4 review then email mode will skip
> sending any replies for it, it will only send mails for done patches.
> If the reason you are sending a reply to a particular patch is that you
> have skipped applying it this doesn't work so well - you need to mark
> the patch as done, send the mails, then go back and skip the patch.
> 
> Worse, after sending it is not possible to go back into review mode
> AFAICT which complicates the skipping.

ah thanks!  I was afraid that it was a misuse on my side...

-- 
Nicolas

      reply	other threads:[~2026-11-05 19:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-05 17:24 Replying to skipped patches in b4 review Mark Brown
2026-11-05 19:16 ` Nicolas Schier [this message]

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