Re: A note from the maintainer

> "Brian Lyles" <brianmlyles@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> To me, this initially sounded like it meant "your patch was not
>> something that the git maintainers would be interested in accepting". I
>> *suspect* that what is actually meant here is "your patch was
>> straightforward and non-controversial to the point that no members of
>> the list saw it and felt the need to comment on it", though to be honest
>> I am not 100% sure.
> 
> I actually meant what I wrote.
> 
> It is possible that the reason why your patch did not receive any
> response was because it was uninspiring, looked useless, and did not
> deserve anybody's attention.  But it is also possible that it was
> lost in the noise.
> 
> And pinging on the topic by responding to your own message is not
> just acceptable but very much appreciated way to remind others who
> may have missed it, in case it is the latter.
> 
> If a topic is truly obvious and straight-forward, it may be taken
> silently to 'seen' and even to 'next', and since it is suggested for
> the contributors to look at "master..seen", such a topic would not
> fall into the "hear nothing about it from anybody for a long time"
> category anyway.