How/where/when to ask for a patch review?

[Tomas Volf]

Hello Guix,

I would like to inquire what is the proper channel to ask for a patch review and
how long should one wait before doing so.  Bit of backstory:

At the beginning of the August 2023 I sent a patch to the mailing list.  However
it had no interaction at all (well, one user tried it and deemed it working and
useful).  So I am unsure what to do about it and how to push it forward.

What I tried so far:

1) Asking on the IRC (2x).  Once I even got a review, but from a non-committer.
2) Sending email directly to the main author of the edited source file.  No
   response.

Technically I even mentioned it to the main author directly in person, but it
was at a conference, so I can hardly blame them for it just slipping by. :)

Just to be completely clear, I do not feel entitled to a review.  If there is no
interest (from Guix), that is fine and within your rights.

But I realized there is a mistake in the patch (code is fine, commit message is
off), and before I spent more time on it, I would like to know if it even makes
sense to send v2.  I assume it will just sit in the same void, therefore this
inquiry.

Thank you and have a nice 2024,
Tomas Volf

PS: This patch being ignored was the last push I needed to start my personal
    fork, so technically I should be grateful I guess, but still, I would like
    to diverge as little as possible.

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