Dear Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD,
In message 20090712152355.GH7218@game.jcrosoft.org you wrote:
If none of the board maintatiners sends a NAK after a reasonable time (3...4 days or so, max 1 week), the we can assume that the patch is OK and should be applied.
you ask us multiple time when we touch a board config we do need the board maintainer ack I've 10's of patch that you have nack because I never receive the board maintainer and they still wait to have board Maintainer ack.
You are right. It's difficult to write don rules that cover all cases - which is one reason why I try to avoid writing down them in the first place.
To me it seems reasonable to ask for maintainer feedback when changes affect a small number of boards - in such a case there is danger, that problems might remain unnoticed if the maintainers are not aware of the patch (which might sail under a subject that does not trigger their awareness), as nobody else is affected.
If a patch affects a large number of boards in exactly the same way, such explicit triggering is less needed - it is very likely that a few of these boards will be tested in any way, so any problems will be noticed even if no extra notification of board maintainers takes place.
To trigger a maintainer it should be sufficient to send him an e-mail (i. e. put him on cc: on the posting). If he does not apply in a reasonable time, we assume his implicit ACK.
Sorry that I cannot provide a strict rule with clear decision criteria; if in doubt, use common sense. Thanks.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk