Re: [PATCH v2] docs: submitting-patches: Clarify half-baked review tags

From: Wolfram Sang

Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 04:46:24 EST



> > > Reviewed-by even with the "# subpart" still appears in person's credits
> > > and reviewing entire patch of 700 lines of diff code (like Frank's SPI
> > > patch) is not the same as 10 diff codes for one driver.
> >
> > Yes, if you want to spoil that, you'd need to introduce
> >
> > Partly-reviewed-by: ...
> >
> > or something.
>
> With a parameter taking a percentage or number of files or lines,
> to serve as input for the Big Statistics Calculation?

I assume Krzysztof addresses people playing number games. While I do
understand this motivation to raise the bar, I also know people will
find ways to jump over the higher bar etc...

Quoting Joshua/WOPR: "A STRANGE GAME. THE ONLY WINNING MOVE IS NOT TO
PLAY"

Maybe we should stop publishing development statistics? ;)

Seriously, the main thing I am aiming at is to improve code maintenance.
And so, the "# subparts" are much more interesting to me.