Re: Query: About process

[Abhijit Halder <abhijit.k.halder@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com> wrote:
> Abhijit Halder <abhijit.k.halder@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am pretty new in this community. Just curious to know whether I will
>> get any notification if my patch get accepted or rejected.
>
> Your patch will get reviewed (by anybody, but normally by a
> maintainer).  They may require changes to the patch.
>
> Only a maintainer can grant you approval to commit your patch.  The
> CONTRIBUTE file in the gdb/ source directory gives a good overview.
>
> Sometimes, patches can be missed.  I generally "ping" patches after a
> week if no review has been forthcoming.  Sometimes the maintainer
> work-load is very high, so some things get missed/forgotten.  It is
> perfectly acceptable to "ping" a patch after a reasonable time, and you
> will not be breaking any etiquette by doing so.
>
> Finally, questions like this generally go to gdb@sourceware.org, and
> patch discussion about actual patches to gdb-patches@sourceware.org.
> These rules are very loosely applied, so you have done nothing wrong.  I
> just thought this would be a good time to point out the other list!
>
> Cheers
>
> Phil
>

Thanks for your response.

Regards,
Abhijit Halder