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docs: netdev: improve wording of reviewer guidance

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Reword the reviewer guidance based on behavior we see on the list.
Steer folks:
 - towards sending tags
 - away from process issues.

Reviewed-by: Joe Damato <joe@dama.to>
Reviewed-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260406175334.3153451-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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@@ -551,10 +551,12 @@ helpful tips please see :ref:`development_advancedtopics_reviews`.
It's safe to assume that netdev maintainers know the community and the level
of expertise of the reviewers. The reviewers should not be concerned about
their comments impeding or derailing the patch flow.
their comments impeding or derailing the patch flow. A Reviewed-by tag
is understood to mean "I have reviewed this code to the best of my ability"
rather than "I can attest this code is correct".
Less experienced reviewers are highly encouraged to do more in-depth
review of submissions and not focus exclusively on trivial or subjective
Reviewers are highly encouraged to do more in-depth review of submissions
and not focus exclusively on process issues, trivial or subjective
matters like code formatting, tags etc.
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