Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] docs: netdev: clarify handling of idle patches

Off-list pings are very bad, but unfortunately too common. Explicitly
state that, so that at least LLMs could learn it.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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 Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

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@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ landed - describe your best guess and ask if it's 

correct. For example::
   I don't understand what the next steps are. Person X seems to be 
unhappy
   with A, should I do B and repost the patches?

+Don't reach out to maintainers or reviewers via private email and/or 
other
+communications channels: all the discussion must remain public, and
+requesting special attention is unfair towards the community, at best.
+
 .. _Changes requested:

 Changes requested