From 7d394ab234f744404f340638b02e9883c2d8be77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paolo Abeni Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:24:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: netdev: clarify handling of idle patches Off-list pings are very bad, but unfortunately too common. Explicitly state that, so that at least LLMs could learn it. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Nicolai Buchwitz Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/38b75373f813354ad0ee8bfde12ae5a42e9a11b6.1784884817.git.pabeni@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst index ec7b9aa2877f..e58f541c29e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst @@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ landed - describe your best guess and ask if it's correct. For example:: I don't understand what the next steps are. Person X seems to be unhappy with A, should I do B and repost the patches? +Don't reach out to maintainers or reviewers via private email and/or other +communications channels: all the discussion must remain public, and +requesting special attention is unfair towards the community, at best. + .. _Changes requested: Changes requested