Re: Re* [PATCH v4] MyFirstContribution: refrain from self-iterating too much

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 31, 2023, 15:25 UTC
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Jacob Abel <jacobabel@nullpo.dev> writes:

> Maybe something along the lines of "wait 24 hours after any discussion
> regarding the current revision has settled before publishing the next
> revision" would be a good guideline even if it's not included in this 
> patch?

Perhaps.

Usually after an iteration or two of a topic, it will become clear who are available and interested in the topic, and "Wait and give them enough time to respond to what you write" would become the most appropriate guideline at that point.

But for new contributors and for more experienced ones alike, the interest level from others is much harder to assess for the first iteration, until everybody on the list has chance to notice and get interested in the topic. So "wait at least for 24 hours after posting the first iteration" would be a good guideline for those who do not know who on the list are the likely candidates to be interested and know how quick their responses usually have historically been.

A mistake I have often seen by new folks is to send their v2 soon after they get a single minor response to their v1, without saying why they are sending v2 at the time (e.g. "I am only fixing the typo that was pointed out"). It takes much shorter time to come up with a response to point out a typo or two in the proposed log message than giving a deeper analysis, which may only come after a few iterations of such trivial changes.