From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D55AC2B9F4 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:24:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D35B60FE5 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:24:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232143AbhFQO0T (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:26:19 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:34882 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231396AbhFQO0T (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:26:19 -0400 Received: from mail-yb1-xb30.google.com (mail-yb1-xb30.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::b30]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93C89C061574 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:24:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-yb1-xb30.google.com with SMTP id c14so8508544ybk.3 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:24:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=EqH+hc07YJO3b5LtwgtHgcDXMqMyiNDo++/+xvKgsr4=; b=jjP36/j+PPTlNtYPfeWlnwABXtCkE9wxuUYrnwXhOJYh6/7gxPT8CEowveL+SGUdz7 hwSZB1G1Nzj1HyKPJxdGN/zhubYrDaRPlA26nwjB5FLRAHxKCkvFJUqxz5Dip5q15ja2 VaCC9UX4xWz4edPS6L4kJn2e26CD2Bh5vrzDr6H8BFSeHVhKWfxLOw/JZFkCUvi1c8xC 7fbeCi4XKpYhBAyEDEYCq0qd7TmllsYhkb/H/t68TIDaljXtOVcDcWQfyhZWH/KbechD qNak1jnjgd/VsKWarpgiYqnmiWNIXQc4hDDETHCUAQcsmGkyzbp4Qv4RL6S30s94GS/e lH0Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=EqH+hc07YJO3b5LtwgtHgcDXMqMyiNDo++/+xvKgsr4=; b=m08T6orwJuPMqIsx+10yEv/OJLhJk6SOeekYo5Oz42SumCERoWdMFXq3wGgVqPxj0L 51Y3CWf3T7rKyleNVXQFkGcTNneWtfgE6Q3XVT3lr5jlS7KZrsrhiZ2dmQg04NjHP2Z+ HpVghCAdf/IxWokPHe7q14WHKEFx3AI7sjNEOL8ENDRTQ9mnaflQbtwx5c0x2uQI1mru YXG6vO8uXB5l5qkS4gzwH8eK85Li3yykyTemkndWoQ/H9+T7Xvu1hfM5Y/w1/txuCtny nyxFQjQF7y3r8sd2gfIKvbft+rg0OwscsquAx4iuJ+YE1ff80MmAZycZtwlK1xwt3/BE 3VXA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533C6y3U1rlwPakMuGRy0ZBSXGph9l0QITiWUm2H+gJYfCv0Ezwv ykSUDLDD15KB4Ajj88Lh7Z9xjtevwwEJ9ladwS4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzlXMfrVAwVL3YAvIMwUqoErQmrF+JJKAms71TM9oMQeerBu85+1h8YsfxyUwn9sCC8MIMOqE9EAbFPhvTyGAE= X-Received: by 2002:a25:6c8a:: with SMTP id h132mr6551374ybc.422.1623939849446; Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:24:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210616171813.bwvu6mtl4ltotf7p@nitro.local> In-Reply-To: From: Miguel Ojeda Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 16:23:58 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: RFC: Github PR bot questions To: Dmitry Vyukov Cc: Jiri Kosina , Christoph Hellwig , Konstantin Ryabitsev , users@linux.kernel.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 11:52 AM Dmitry Vyukov wrote: > > You don't want to accept these contributions even if you won't be able > to tell the difference on your end? But why? This looks really > orthogonal to a person's expertise and proficiency in software > development. Whether that's inability to deal with email, or no desire > to spend time on that, or just personal preferences. Agreed -- torvalds/linux may attract a lot of spam, but the LKML also does. Any sufficiently "famous" repo/service/ML will, after all. > On the other hand this workflow has the potential to ensure that you > never need to remind to run checkpatch.pl, nor spend time on writing > code formatting comments and re-reviewing v2 because code formatting > will be enforced, etc. So I see how this is actually beneficial for > maintainers. Also agreed -- it is particularly useful to teach newcomers and to save time for maintainers having to explain things. Even if a maintainer has a set of email templates for the usual things, it takes time vs. not even having to read the email. Cheers, Miguel