Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU fw_cfg DMA interface

[Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>]

On 10/01/15 18:21, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 10/01/2015 10:17 AM, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>> On 10/01/15 18:03, Eric Blake wrote:
>>> [meta-comment]
>>>
>>> On 10/01/2015 06:14 AM, Marc Marí wrote:
>>>> Implementation of the FW CFG DMA interface.
>>>
>>> The subject line is missing "v4" and "0/7". Also, the cover letter is
>>> missing a diffstat.  That makes it harder to see from the cover letter
>>> what the rest of the series is about.  'git format-patch/send-email
>>> --cover-letter' does what you want; you can even 'git config
>>> format.coverletter=auto' to always include a decent cover letter on any
>>> multi-patch series.
>>>
>>
>> This posting follows a little bit different pattern, one that I myself
>> follow when posting patches for two (or more) components that must work
>> in sync.
> 
> Ok, makes sense. Maybe the only additional suggestions would be to make
> it more obvious in the subject line (put the text 'cross-post'
> somewhere?) or have the first paragraph of the meta-cover be more
> explicit that there are going to be multiple sub-threads, one per
> project, where all subthreads must be applied to their corresponding
> project for the overall feature to be complete?

That's a good idea. I think prefixing the main blurb's subject with
[cross-post], and a "standard" first paragraph based on your above
suggestion, would be helpful.

> [And maybe I should wait a few minutes for the full thread to appear in
> my inbox, rather than immediately replying to the first mail while the
> series is still incomplete due to mail delays...]

I'm not patient; it would be unfair from me to expect others to be... :)

Laszlo