Re: patchwork: on whose behalf is it working? was Re: [linux-media] Patch notification: 3 patches updated

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Thu Jun 22 2017 - 15:43:19 EST


Hi!

> > > The following patches (submitted by you) have been updated in patchwork:
> > >
> > > * linux-media: [RFC,07/13] v4l2: device_register_subdev_nodes: allow calling multiple times
> > > - http://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/39403/
> > > - for: Linux Media kernel patches
> > > was: New
> > > now: Accepted
> >
> > Dear patchwork, I'm not sure on who's behalf you are mailing me. (And
> > that would be really nice to fix.)
>
> Sorry, but patchwork is not smart enough to read and reply
> e-mails yet :-) It is just a dumb robot.

Well, fortunately he's got human helpers :-).

> > If you are writing on Sakari's behalf, all is well.
>
> > If you are writing on someone else's behalf, you may tell that
> > someone to coordinate with Sakari, because he likely has it in his
> > tree already.
>
> From the delatate to: field, it seems that Sakari was the one
> that did the change...

Aha, thanks for the pointer.

> However, patchwork is also dumb enough to not store any info
> about who changed a status (or even to log it)...

Hopefully, patchwork will get smarter one day...

Thanks,
Pavel
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