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From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@dowhile0.org>,
        workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: Suggest a longer expected
 time for responses
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Date:   Tue, 03 Oct 2023 09:33:34 -0600
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Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> writes:

> While some subsystems do typically have very fast turnaround times on
> review this is far from standard over the kernel and is likely to set
> unrealistic expectations for submitters.  Tell submitters to expect 2-3
> weeks instead, this will cover more of the kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

I was hoping to see some more comments on this; it is a fairly
significant change in the expectations we put on our reviewers.  Oh
well, I've applied it.  I wonder if we should add a note saying to look
at the maintainer profile for the subsystem in question for more
specific guidance?  Of course, it would be good to have more of those...

Thanks,

jon