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@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ <body class="article"> <div id="header"> <h1>My First Contribution to the Git Project</h1> -<span id="revdate">2023-08-02</span> +<span id="revdate">2023-08-04</span> </div> <div id="content"> <div class="sect1"> @@ -1973,6 +1973,41 @@ <div class="sect1"> <h2 id="now-what">My Patch Got Emailed - Now What?</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> +<div class="paragraph"><p>Please give reviewers enough time to process your initial patch before +sending an updated version. That is, resist the temptation to send a new +version immediately, because others may have already started reviewing +your initial version.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>While waiting for review comments, you may find mistakes in your initial +patch, or perhaps realize a different and better way to achieve the goal +of the patch. In this case you may communicate your findings to other +reviewers as follows:</p></div> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +If the mistakes you found are minor, send a reply to your patch as if + you were a reviewer and mention that you will fix them in an + updated version. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +On the other hand, if you think you want to change the course so + drastically that reviews on the initial patch would be a waste of + time (for everyone involved), retract the patch immediately with + a reply like "I am working on a much better approach, so please + ignore this patch and wait for the updated version." +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>Now, the above is a good practice if you sent your initial patch +prematurely without polish. But a better approach of course is to avoid +sending your patch prematurely in the first place.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>Please be considerate of the time needed by reviewers to examine each +new version of your patch. Rather than seeing the initial version right +now (followed by several "oops, I like this version better than the +previous one" patches over 2 days), reviewers would strongly prefer if a +single polished version came 2 days later instead, and that version with +fewer mistakes were the only one they would need to review.</p></div> <div class="sect2"> <h3 id="reviewing">Responding to Reviews</h3> <div class="paragraph"><p>After a few days, you will hopefully receive a reply to your patchset with some @@ -2061,7 +2096,7 @@ <div id="footer"> <div id="footer-text"> Last updated - 2023-04-17 21:53:20 PDT + 2023-08-04 12:03:14 PDT </div> </div> </body>
