From: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Cc: adaplas@gmail.com, akpm@osdl.org, jgarzik@pobox.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rdunlap@xenotime.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document from line in patch format
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 09:28:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051002092815.46ba1b69.pj@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0510020831290.31407@g5.osdl.org>
Linus wrote:
> No. If there is no "From:" at the top of the body, the authorship is taken
> from the "From:" from the _email_.
So _that_ is the real reason it's called the "from" line,
not the "author" line.
Now it is making more sense.
New patch v2 coming soon.
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Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> 1.925.600.0401
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-10-02 16:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-02 6:21 [PATCH] Document from line in patch format Paul Jackson
2005-10-02 7:02 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2005-10-02 7:07 ` Paul Jackson
2005-10-02 15:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-10-02 16:28 ` Paul Jackson [this message]
2005-10-02 7:20 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-10-02 16:30 ` Paul Jackson
2005-10-02 15:49 ` Greg KH
2005-10-02 16:25 ` Paul Jackson
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