Re: [PATCH v3] Machine_Mode: Extend machine_mode from 8 to 16 bits

[Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>]

On Tue, 2023-05-16 at 07:55 +0000, Li, Pan2 via Gcc-patches wrote:
> I see, thanks Richard for reminding. I am sorry I failed to locate
> anywhere(doc or something else) mentioned such convention about ping,

https://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html suggests two week.

> will follow the below convention in future.
> 
> Pan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Sandiford <richard.sandiford@arm.com> 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 3:30 PM
> To: Li, Pan2 <pan2.li@intel.com>
> Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org; juzhe.zhong@rivai.ai;
> kito.cheng@sifive.com; Wang, Yanzhang <yanzhang.wang@intel.com>;
> jeffreyalaw@gmail.com; rguenther@suse.de
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Machine_Mode: Extend machine_mode from 8 to 16
> bits
> 
> "Li, Pan2" <pan2.li@intel.com> writes:
> > Kindly ping for this PATCH v3.
> 
> The patch was sent on Saturday, so this is effectively pinging after
> one working day in most of Europe and America.  That's too soon and
> comes across as aggressive.
> 
> I realise you and others are working intensively on this.  But in a
> sense that's part of the reason why reviews might seem slow.  The
> volume of RVV patches recently has been pretty high, so it's been
> difficult to keep up.  There are have also been many other non-RVV
> patches that have been "unlocked" by stage 1 opening, so there's a
> high volume from that as well.
> 
> Also, please bear in mind that most people active in the GCC community
> have their own work to do and can only a dedicate a certain amount of
> the day to reviews.  And reviewing patches can be time-consuming in
> itsself.
> 
> So sometimes a patch will get a review within the day.  Sometimes it
> will take a bit longer.  The fact that a patch doesn't get a response
> within one working day doesn't mean that it's been forgotten.
> 
> Thanks,
> Richard

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Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University