From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D7BCC7EE24 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2023 13:23:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234072AbjFENXB (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jun 2023 09:23:01 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:38392 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S234074AbjFENWy (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jun 2023 09:22:54 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F963E8; Mon, 5 Jun 2023 06:22:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D6926135D; Mon, 5 Jun 2023 13:22:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 83B40C433EF; Mon, 5 Jun 2023 13:22:49 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1685971371; bh=D+wLYJzu2/pXXMSVBGepoNQlQOYNfxiCMKpy/k9lfyw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=jyODRj7mWpuz6YmIK2xBbc08Vqnzl+voFynyPecSY17eqGzonTne3pcCtTNSzgo4S 7DnJR9B9NqIARyOPlAoD1vhu/8aFTmFGVO9DODIj2+ZfA8d81pGRDgAYKRjxq97f0B mKfwdbNxEXV5f53r8nQE6XsvveC6mpTxPL+VVpm+dM09e69HTZhEX1Z3xyS/GM3Rys 6pz9u0JxS6N8ZP0IO967dAWiGEzgz2hSHr1GZPiFNfVYXHyaOw2cFC7smIPJKJICCE kBviytvJwFJSV/nLQjNKJr2gXMBl5eJN/0jvSdtV+mHpzFT6kzE1IPZWjSzyMR6f7v Qf5l59G8LSDiw== From: Kalle Valo To: Laurent Pinchart Cc: Jakub Kicinski , Willy Tarreau , Randy Dunlap , James Seo , Jonathan Corbet , workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] docs: process: Send patches 'To' maintainers and 'Cc' lists References: <20230603151447.29288-1-james@equiv.tech> <975d35cb-e0aa-8ea7-5520-238d1aa4cbaf@infradead.org> <20230603160659.GA5182@1wt.eu> <20230604112644.49ac2035@kernel.org> <20230605041258.GA22604@pendragon.ideasonboard.com> Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 16:22:46 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20230605041258.GA22604@pendragon.ideasonboard.com> (Laurent Pinchart's message of "Mon, 5 Jun 2023 07:12:58 +0300") Message-ID: <87v8g2hwm1.fsf@kernel.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org Laurent Pinchart writes: > On Sun, Jun 04, 2023 at 11:26:44AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: >> On Sat, 3 Jun 2023 18:06:59 +0200 Willy Tarreau wrote: >> > > I think that is going overboard (too far). As long as a maintainer >> > > is a direct recipient of the email (patch), that should be sufficient. >> > >> > Or it could be simplified, saying that all those who are expected to >> > play a role on the patchset (review, test, merge etc) should be in the >> > 'To' field while those who might possibly be interested in having a >> > look are in 'Cc' (lists, other people having expressed interest in the >> > patchset, single-time contributors to the file being changed etc). It >> > could be hinted that usually people read mails sent to them faster than >> > those they're CCed. This implies that maintainers have to be in To and >> > lists in Cc. >> >> It's useful when maintainer (or group thereof) who are expected to apply >> the patch are in the To: >> Who applies the patch is not information a noob may know but it may be >> worth writing down as best practice? > > Note that some maintainers process pull requests from patchwork, not > from their mailbox, and prefer not to be aadressed in the To or CC > headers. I don't know how widespread that is. FWIW I belong to this group and prefer not be in To or Cc, I'll always check the patch from patchwork. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches