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From:   =?utf-8?q?Thomas_Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= <linux@weissschuh.net>
Date:   Tue, 03 Oct 2023 08:30:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH v2] docs: submitting-patches: encourage direct
 notifications to commenters
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To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc:     workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>,
        =?utf-8?q?Thomas_Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= <linux@weissschuh.net>
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Commenters may not receive new versions of patches via the lists.
Without a directed notification to them they might miss those new
versions.

This is frustrating for the patch developers as they don't receive their
earned Reviewed-by.
It is also frustrating for the commenters, as they might think their
review got ignored or they have to dig up new versions from the archive
manually.

So encourage patch submitters to make sure that all commenters get
notified also when no Reviewed-by was issued yet.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
---
Changes in v2:
- s/reviewer/commenter/ to avoid ambiguity (Christoph)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230927-docs-cc-reviewer-v1-1-2af46ceb2d3c@weissschuh.net
---
 Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index efac910e2659..3245b7b38b98 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ politely and address the problems they have pointed out.  When sending a next
 version, add a ``patch changelog`` to the cover letter or to individual patches
 explaining difference against previous submission (see
 :ref:`the_canonical_patch_format`).
+Notify people that commented on your patch about new versions by adding them to
+the patches CC list.
 
 See Documentation/process/email-clients.rst for recommendations on email
 clients and mailing list etiquette.

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base-commit: 633b47cb009d09dc8f4ba9cdb3a0ca138809c7c7
change-id: 20230926-docs-cc-reviewer-023b3730af23

Best regards,
-- 
Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>