On 4/24/26 20:50, Yosry Ahmed wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 11:36 AM David Hildenbrand (Arm) > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 4/24/26 16:31, Andrew Morton wrote: >>> >>> >>> Why do you think so? >> >> The most important part for me is that authors are aware of the reports. >> >> Sending them as a mail forces people to publicly reply to the feedback, and >> at >> this point in time, I am not convinced that that is the right approach. > > But I imagine it's useful for reviewers to see Sashiko's feedback as > well (without having to go look on the website).
I read a lot of them, yes. Maintainers know how to find it. I even think maintainers should briefly go over it before applying to spot if anything in there is still left unanswered. But that doesn't need a mailing list posting. I enjoy if contributors are aware of the reports and use that input in a reasonable, like Zi just did [1]. And if they are unsure, they usually ask to double-check. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] > It's possible that > Sashiko is right but the author isn't convinced, so getting more eyes > on the feedback would help. Forcing contributors to reply to everything. I don't like that, in particular not as long as there is no way for contributors to run it early in private. In most cases, contributors just do the reasonable thing: incorporate the feedback in a new version. -- Cheers, David
