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Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst index 3646286a6..c1657d677 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst @@ -88,6 +88,26 @@ Our automated testing includes it through the ``poky-altcfg`` :term:`DISTRO` and we don't really need it to be the default: it is tested, it works, and people can choose to use it. +Why don't I get an email when my patch merges? +---------------------------------------------- + +Where the project uses mailing lists for patch submission, many of the components +such as bitbake and OpenEmbedded-Core haven't found it appropriate to reply on the +mailing list for each patch that merges for two main reasons. Firstly, it would +generate a lot of email traffic with content that may only be useful to a small +number of people and quite annoying for other uninterested people to filter through. +That could be avoided by only sending emails direct to the submitters. + +Secondly, sending such emails accurately, takes time and it wasn't felt to be the +best use of limited maintainer time. We do track patch status to some level +in patchwork and there is automated tooling which could extend on top of that but +it hasn't been possible to fit that into the projects workflows with enough accuracy +at this time. + +It is very easy to check whether a patch has merged by looking at the repository, or +pulling and rebasing. + + Building environment ====================