From: Jakob Eriksson [mailto:jakob@vmlinux.org]
I have been watching this thread with keen interest.
Alexandre does not HAVE to respond to that patch, he can silently ignore it just like he can now.
The only difference with Patchwork would be that after a certain time with no comments and no commits, the patch would be removed from the queue and the submitter would get an email warning.
Actually, that's not how I intended things to work. The automatic removal from the queue would only happen if the patch had a RFC status, i.e. if action is expected from the patch submitter. If the patch is unopposed and just waiting in the queue, it should stay there. It's reasonable to tell a submitter "you seem to have lost interest in this patch, it has been waiting on action from you for [a month, whatever] but nothing has happened, therefore it will be removed from the queue". Sending a warning message "your patch is going to be dropped without explanation" is no improvement over the current situation.
Gé van Geldorp.