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docs: netdev: improve wording of reviewer guidance
Reword the reviewer guidance based on behavior we see on the list.
Steer folks:
- towards sending tags
- away from process issues.
Reviewed-by: Joe Damato <joe@dama.to>
Reviewed-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260406175334.3153451-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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It's safe to assume that netdev maintainers know the community and the level
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of expertise of the reviewers. The reviewers should not be concerned about
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their comments impeding or derailing the patch flow.
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their comments impeding or derailing the patch flow. A Reviewed-by tag
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is understood to mean "I have reviewed this code to the best of my ability"
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rather than "I can attest this code is correct".
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Less experienced reviewers are highly encouraged to do more in-depth
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review of submissions and not focus exclusively on trivial or subjective
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Reviewers are highly encouraged to do more in-depth review of submissions
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and not focus exclusively on process issues, trivial or subjective
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matters like code formatting, tags etc.
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