Honestly? You should use whatever gets a response. If you are at the point you have to ping a patch, it obviously has fallen through the cracks, and you should do whatever is necessary to make sure it gets attention.
To that end, I would just use new threads, as they make it clear it is not part of an ongoing discussion, and something that needs attention. I assume you are already also CC'ing the maintainers you want to review it (I find this is the #1 best way to get a response). On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 4:50 AM, Richard Sandiford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't want to waste everyone's time with protocol, but I was wondering: > what's the etiquette when pinging patches? Should the ping be a reply > to the original message (i.e. should it be in the same thread), or should > it be a new thread? I was once asked to use new threads instead of the > old one, so that's what I've been doing, but there have been two cases > recently in which people responded to the original message after the new > thread developed. > > Richard >
