[PATCH net] net: dsa: mt7530: don't change PVC_EG_TAG when CPU port becomes VLAN-aware

[Vladimir Oltean]

On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 07:07:14PM +0100, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> On Tue, 2023-02-07 at 14:39 +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 11:56:13AM +0100, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> > > Thank you Vladimir for the quick turn-around! 
> > > 
> > > For future case, please avoid replying with new patches - tag area
> > > included - to existing patch/thread, as it confuses tag propagation,
> > > thanks!
> > 
> > Ah, yes, I see (and thanks for fixing it up).
> > 
> > Although I need to ask, since I think I made legitimate use of the tools
> > given to me. What should I have done instead? Post an RFC patch (even
> > though I didn't know whether it worked or not) in a thread separate to
> > the debugging session? I didn't want to diverge from the thread reporting
> > the issue. Maybe we should have started a new thread, decoupled from the
> > patch?
> 
> Here what specifically confused the bot were the additional tags
> present in the debug patch. One possible alternative would have been
> posting - in the same thread - the code of the tentative patch without
> the formal commit message/tag area.
> 
> That option is quite convenient toome, as writing the changelog takes
> me a measurable amount of time and I could spend that effort only when
> the patch is finalize/tested.
> 
> Please let me know if the above makes sense to you.

I think even the Signed-off-by would confuse the patchwork bot, right?
I would have to send just the diff portion, and send the full patch as
an email attachment.

In any case, I'll pay attention to this next time.