Re: [RFC] [QUESTION] Stuff to do for string

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 09:11:35AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 23/04/2026 08:56, Josh Law wrote:
> > On April 23, 2026 7:53:21 AM GMT+01:00, Krzysztof Kozlowski

...

> >>>>> Krzysztof, haven't you been told to _NOT_ interfere/nack my
> >>>>
> >>>> You're joking or what?
> >>>
> >>> Wait, you haven't been told? To not nack my patches if there are
> >>> other maintainers??? I'm confused.
> >>
> >> Stop inventing stories. One more thing you keep lying about. I will be
> >> NAKing your patches when you keep sending such arrogant emails "I am
> >> representing lib" [1] or you keep pushing untested code to backports [2].
> >>
> >> [1]
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/16B7B5A8-EEA7-4580-A565-3A0B4DBB08AB@xxxxxxxxx/
> >>
> >> [2]
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/C9577A36-B531-4480-BEA5-42F660C184CA@xxxxxxxxx/
> > 
> > "Unfortunately, I really can't. That's not my jurisdiction. **But I did let
> > Krzysztof know that we met. He may still not take your code, but he'll
> > refrain from sending out NAKs when you send patches to other
> > maintainers.**"
> > 
> > Screenshot attached.
> > 
> > That's what I mean. Did you receive a email about that?
> 
> Really, this is absolutely unacceptable. Now you bring private
> conversation to somehow claim I have no rights to NAK your patches.

Yeah, it's not acceptable to bring the private emails as an evidence.
You need to try to be polite even to the maintainers like Krzysztof.
He has made an opinion about you, and discussing the matter makes
his opinion even stronger. This all strikes back on *your* reputation.

> You grossly violated that little trust people still were willing to give
> you.
> 
> Steven asked me about situation, we talked, Steven explained what he did
> and what he plans to do, and based on that and his explanation, I SAID
> to him that I am willing to give you a chance by refraining to NAK
> automatically your patches. And that was before you were doing this:
> 
> "I am representing lib"
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/16B7B5A8-EEA7-4580-A565-3A0B4DBB08AB@xxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Pushing untested code to backports
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/C9577A36-B531-4480-BEA5-42F660C184CA@xxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Your claim:
> "Wait, you haven't been told? To not nack my patches"
> 
> is just arrogance and frankly, what the hell. Using that little trust
> you got from Steven in this discussion.
> 
> So I do revert my "refrain from NAKs". I will be NAKing your patches,
> because after all this time nothing improved.

(My upper sentence was done before even reading this. So, as I said,
 you made the situation even worse, and it's all on public...)

Nevertheless, nobody prevents you from reviewing others' work.
Try to be constructive and helpful at least a little bit.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko