On 26 August 2018 at 15:36 John Whitmore <arigead@gmail.com> wrote:
My question is about what to do during the closed window? I don't think I should submit patches as I assume I'll create a backlog for the maintainer who'll possibly be flooded when the window re-opens. Similarly I could create patches but not send them until the window re-opens, but again I'll just be creating a backlog.
Just keep going. The maintainers will keep a queue of patches and then try to apply them in order when the merge window -rc1 is released for the next one. Worse cases would be that the patches will no longer apply (in which case, a V2 will be needed) or, if you haven't heard anything for a while after the -rc1, then a patch RESEND should do the trick. Hope that helps, Justin.