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Re: [PATCH v1] builtin/mktree: remove USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE

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Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Mar 13, 2026, 07:02 UTC
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On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 12:21:41AM +0800, Tian Yuchen wrote:
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> > It's typically fine to just send to the mailing list, so you wouldn't
> > even Cc Junio. Sometimes it's just a matter of capacity, and it's fine
> > to eventually send a ping after a week or two have passed without any
> > feedback.
> 
> Oh, I see. I thought “repeatedly bringing up a patch no one cares about”
> would be considered kinda *impolite*. Now I understand. Thank you.

I mean if you nudge every second day that would certainly be considered impolite. But nuding after a week or two, and then maybe nudging again after a month is certainly fine. It just happens that patches fall through the cracks.

These aren't strict numbers by the way, it's mostly pulled out of thin air with some (hopefully) common sense applied to it by me.

Patrick
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Message 4 of 10 in “builtin/mktree: remove USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE”
  1. builtin/mktree: remove USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLETian Yuchen, Mar 11, 2026
  2. Patrick SteinhardtMar 12, 2026
  3. Tian YuchenMar 12, 2026
  4. Patrick SteinhardtMar 13, 2026
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2026
  6. Tian YuchenMar 13, 2026
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2026
  8. Tian YuchenMar 13, 2026
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2026
  10. Tian YuchenMar 14, 2026

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