docs: patches: Add a note about reviews and contacting developers

Add a note outling best practices around review and responding to it.

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com>

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diff --git a/docs/submitting-patches.rst b/docs/submitting-patches.rst
index 7bc22323ee..4cae82c771 100644
--- a/docs/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/docs/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -89,3 +89,24 @@ Moreover, such patch needs to be prefixed correctly with
 ``--subject-prefix=PATCHv2`` appended to
 ``git send-email`` (substitute ``v2`` with the
 correct version if needed though).
+
+Review process
+--------------
+
+Reviewing patches may take a lot of effort with review bandwidth being limited
+in open source projects. Here are a few rules to follow to streamline the
+process:
+
+ - **don't** contact individual maintainers/developers directly with your
+   patches; reviewers are subscribed to the mailing list
+ - **do** be patient; reviewers may be busy
+ - **do** respond to reviewer's questions
+ - **don't** ignore a suggestion from a reviewer; if you disagree discuss it on
+   the list before sending a new version
+ - **do** remind us of your patches on the list if they haven't gotten any
+   attention for a prolonged period (>1 week) by replying to your patches with a
+   "ping"
+ - **do** test your patches before sending
+
+Don't feel obliged to review whole patch series if you see any major problems
+in any of the comprising patches - just point them out on the list.