From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD530996 for ; Thu, 29 May 2014 18:46:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.166.231]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 924221FDED for ; Thu, 29 May 2014 18:45:59 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 14:45:58 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: Laurent Pinchart Message-ID: <20140529144558.47464f90@gandalf.local.home> In-Reply-To: <13876340.WYWhRQ9Qdn@avalon> References: <1400925225.6956.25.camel@dabdike.int.hansenpartnership.com> <20140528163902.GA5099@sirena.org.uk> <13876340.WYWhRQ9Qdn@avalon> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: James Bottomley , Dan Carpenter , ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [TOPIC] Encouraging more reviewers List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, 29 May 2014 01:17:39 +0200 Laurent Pinchart wrote: > That's one particular point that I have to spend too much time on according to > my tastes. When receiving version N+1 of a patch, I need to compare versions N > and N+1, open the comments I've sent for version N, and verify that they all > have been taken into account. I'd be interested in knowing about how other > maintainers automate (part of) that process (if they do). I'd like to recommend more use of the Link tag here. If you make a v2 of a patch, that should include the Link tag that points back to the v1 posting. That way it becomes easier for a reviewer to go back and see what the previous comments were with that particular patch. -- Steve