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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:34:54 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: netdev: refine 15-patch limit
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:47:15 +0000 Simon Horman wrote:
> +Limit patches outstanding on mailing list
> +-----------------------------------------
> +
> +Avoid having more than 15 patches, across all series, outstanding for
> +review on the mailing list. This limit is intended to focus developer
> +effort on testing patches before upstream review. Aiding the quality of
> +upstream submissions, and easing the load on reviewers.

Thanks for adding this.

In practice I think the limit is also per tree (net vs net-next)
to avoid head of line blocking fixes.