Can we get "applied" top posted?

Can we get "applied" top posted?

[Greg Freemyer]

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.

Greg
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Re: Can we get "applied" top posted?

[Jeff Garzik]

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

Re: Can we get "applied" top posted?

[Greg Freemyer]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Jeff Garzik<jeff@garzik.org> wrote:
> 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

Thanks, but wouldn't it simplify your task even more just to top post
in that one special, but common circumstance.

People use a email client that previews the first few lines of the
email, would not even need to open it to know what it is.

I realize sometimes you make comments in addition to just saying
applied.  I have no issue with that being entirely bottom-posted.

Greg
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Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team
Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist
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