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

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Nov 05, 2026 at 11:44:47AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> 
> > > > 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.

Yep, we need tools to support that!

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko