From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael J Gruber Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Enable setting attach as the default in .gitconfig for git-format-patch. Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:34:27 +0100 Message-ID: <499022D3.3000200@drmicha.warpmail.net> References: <498E50E2.8050309@codeweavers.com> <200902072310.12764.bss@iguanasuicide.net> <498F01C2.5080105@codeweavers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jeremy White , "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." , git@vger.kernel.org, mozeditor@floppymoose.com, ben.bucksch@beonex.com To: Johannes Schindelin X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Feb 09 13:36:07 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LWVMq-0005Hd-MK for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:36:05 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755180AbZBIMef (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2009 07:34:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755148AbZBIMee (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2009 07:34:34 -0500 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:48422 "EHLO out1.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755111AbZBIMed (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2009 07:34:33 -0500 Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D88FC29002B; Mon, 9 Feb 2009 07:34:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:34:32 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: Qf71YPicnkYDpelxVb7cmrQQ43oLG79lj+hNt+shubQC 1234182872 Received: from localhost.localdomain (whitehead.math.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.44.12]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 950F1132EC; Mon, 9 Feb 2009 07:34:31 -0500 (EST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Johannes Schindelin venit, vidit, dixit 08.02.2009 18:28: > Hi, > > On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Jeremy White wrote: > >> As an aside, there is a long (and discouraging) read about the issue >> with Thunderbird here: >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141983 >> >> Essentially, the problem is well understood - Thunderbird uses >> format=flowed by default, which is what mangles the patches. The author >> of the relevant code is unmoved by arguments that the default should >> switch, and no one has yet been willing to create a simpler UI for >> switching the setting. > > I guess I'll start discouraging use of Thunderbird from now on. ...specifically for patch submission, please ;) I'm a TB user who compiles the beast and writes extensions for it, and yet I found git-send-email the more reliable and practical solution for sending out patches. Put yourself in bcc and you'll have a copy in TB's inbox or another folder (use filters). > Seems > that not even the opposition of a guy named Andrew Morton was clue bat > enough. Isn't that some Linux guy? How would he matter for Mozilla? Does he even know how to send HTML mail... Michael