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
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
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