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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, Jeremy Higdon <jeremy@sgi.com>
Subject: Re: [DOC] Linux kernel patch submission format
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:15:13 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4134B221.9070203@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1093970261.6200.45.camel@localhost.localdomain>

David Woodhouse wrote:
> --- patch-format.html.orig
> +++ patch-format.html
> @@ -83,6 +83,15 @@
>  for the 5th time, resist the urge to attach 20 patches to a single
>  email.
>  
> +</li><li><h2>One thread per set of patches</h2>
> +
> +The corollary to the above rule: when sending more than one patch in
> +separate emails, make sure they stay together. Send the second and
> +subsequent mails as <em>replies</em> to the first mail, rather than
> +having each one start its own thread. (You should also ensure that
> +your mail client obeys RFC2822 by including correct
> +<TT>References:</TT> headers in replies.)
> +


hmmmm.  While I do agree with the content, I'm trying to avoid 
lengthening this page.  If we describe every little detail, then it 
becomes long -- just like SubmittingPatches -- and everybody will skip 
reading it.

	Jeff



  reply	other threads:[~2004-08-31 17:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-31  8:08 [DOC] Linux kernel patch submission format Jeff Garzik
2004-08-31 11:41 ` Neil Horman
2004-08-31 16:17 ` Erik Mouw
2004-08-31 16:37 ` David Woodhouse
2004-08-31 17:15   ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2004-08-31 17:17     ` David Woodhouse
2004-08-31 17:25       ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-01  1:27       ` Lee Revell
2004-09-22 18:59     ` Timothy Miller
2004-09-22 19:47       ` Horst von Brand
2004-09-23  7:46         ` Paul Jackson
2004-09-24 15:04         ` Timothy Miller
2004-09-24 15:22           ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-10-20 19:34             ` Timothy Miller
2004-08-31 17:07 ` Sam Ravnborg
2004-08-31 17:11   ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-31 17:50 ` Patrick Dreker
2004-08-31 18:01   ` Jeff Garzik

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