docs: add guidelines for abandoning patches

The code review guidelines have been updated to explain when
patches that do not receive a response to the review comments
will be abandoned.

Change-Id: I60539e16ca41245cf1b352f24557be1b3c67c367
Signed-off-by: Manish V Badarkhe <Manish.Badarkhe@arm.com>
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Manish V Badarkhe 2023-07-05 00:25:08 +01:00
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@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ contributor you are expected to:
directory to have the freedom to change it in any way. This way, your changes directory to have the freedom to change it in any way. This way, your changes
benefit everyone and will be maintained over time. benefit everyone and will be maintained over time.
- It is the patch-author's responsibility to respond to review comments within
21 days. In the event that the patch-author does not respond within this
timeframe, the maintainer is entitled to abandon the patch(es).
Patch author(s) may be busy with other priorities, causing a delay in
responding to active review comments after posting patch(es). In such a
situation, if the author's patch(es) is/are abandoned, they can restore
their work for review by resolving comments, merge-conflicts, and revising
their original submissions.
Guidelines for all reviewers Guidelines for all reviewers
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