From: Michael Montalbo Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:31:24 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: abandoning a series Message-ID: Junio C Hamano writes: > + A discussion on the list might convince you that your changes are > + not such a good idea, in which case you are expected to explicitly > + retract the topic, to releave the maintainer from having to worry > + about it. s/releave/relieve/ Also, I might reflow the end: ...in which case you are expected to explicitly retract the topic and relieve the maintainer from having to worry about it. > ...It is a friendly thing to do to tell the list in such a case... Again a slight reflow suggestion (ofc my own subjective taste): "...As a courtesy, tell the list in such a case so that..." Finally, maybe a rule of thumb as to how old a topic a topic should get before a "staleness" update is provided would be helpful, or maybe that is too contextually dependent / would potentially introduce some unwanted scheduling contract? Overall, I think the explicit guidance is helpful. Of course, an author whose topic is going stale may not be on top of updating its status, stale or otherwise, by definition. However, I think providing this advice up-front will encourage authors to be more proactive about taking action (notify of abandonment / handoff) before a topic gets too old.