From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: Can we get "applied" top posted? Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:23:59 -0400 Message-ID: <4A82B45F.5030205@garzik.org> References: <87f94c370908120504y3ed912f2vde2413d4e9c06eff@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:56083 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751867AbZHLMYA (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:24:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87f94c370908120504y3ed912f2vde2413d4e9c06eff@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Greg Freemyer Cc: IDE/ATA development list Greg Freemyer wrote: > Jeff, > > I understand the logic for not top posting in general, but I for one > rarely if ever need context to evaluate "applied". If I'm going to > look at a patch, I do it when it is posted, not when it is applied. > > Seeing the subject and then "applied" at the top of the message > content would allow me to quickly delete the email in most cases. > > It would save me having to scroll through an email just to get to the > end and see that one word. Generally I try to cut the patch and leave just the patch description... I'll try more of that. Jeff