Abandoned patch

[jim.cromie at gmail.com]

you could keep his patch as-is for 1st commit,
then alter it afterwards to address issues.
And cc: author in the msgs

then review might suggest you squash them in, or not..


On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 3:44 PM Patryk <pbiel7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I've got a question - what can I do with a patch that was submitted
> some time ago (about a year ago) but after the review was abandoned by
> the author for no obvious reason? Perhaps, the author did not have
> time to finalize upstream and started working on something else. Can I
> take such a patch, clean up according to the comments and send it
> again?  If so, how can I provide / retain the information about the
> original patch author? This patch still seems to be useful as it adds
> the support for a device that is still in production. Moreover, I will
> probably need this patch in my project. Will be grateful for some
> advice.
>
> Best regards
> Patryk
>
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