[PATCH] doc: develop: process: Add note about asking for feedback

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Tue Sep 23 19:54:29 CEST 2025


It can be unclear to contributors what to do if they haven't gotten any
feedback on patches they have submitted. Add a sentence saying that if
they feel it's been too long without any comment, it's OK to reply
again.

Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
---
 doc/develop/process.rst | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/develop/process.rst b/doc/develop/process.rst
index 0c6fb31e87b9..4bfbf0eb9c63 100644
--- a/doc/develop/process.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/process.rst
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ comments). Even a "I have no time now, will look into it later"
 message is better than nothing. Also, if there are remarks to a
 patch, these should leave no doubt if they were just comments and the
 patch will be accepted anyway, or if the patch should be
-reworked/resubmitted, or if it was rejected.
+reworked/resubmitted, or if it was rejected. However, if a submitter
+feels it has been too long since posting their patch and not received
+any feedback, it is OK to follow-up and ask.
 
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