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Expectation for the original contributor after responding to a
review comment to use the explanation in a patch update has been
described.

* jc/do-not-just-explain-but-update-your-patch:
  MyFirstContribition: answering questions is not the end of the story
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@ -1143,11 +1143,25 @@ After a few days, you will hopefully receive a reply to your patchset with some
comments. Woohoo! Now you can get back to work.
It's good manners to reply to each comment, notifying the reviewer that you have
made the change requested, feel the original is better, or that the comment
made the change suggested, feel the original is better, or that the comment
inspired you to do something a new way which is superior to both the original
and the suggested change. This way reviewers don't need to inspect your v2 to
figure out whether you implemented their comment or not.
Reviewers may ask you about what you wrote in the patchset, either in
the proposed commit log message or in the changes themselves. You
should answer these questions in your response messages, but often the
reason why reviewers asked these questions to understand what you meant
to write is because your patchset needed clarification to be understood.
Do not be satisfied by just answering their questions in your response
and hear them say that they now understand what you wanted to say.
Update your patches to clarify the points reviewers had trouble with,
and prepare your v2; the words you used to explain your v1 to answer
reviewers' questions may be useful thing to use. Your goal is to make
your v2 clear enough so that it becomes unnecessary for you to give the
same explanation to the next person who reads it.
If you are going to push back on a comment, be polite and explain why you feel
your original is better; be prepared that the reviewer may still disagree with
you, and the rest of the community may weigh in on one side or the other. As