Re: [PATCH 2/4] Documentation/process: expand plain-text advice

["Drew DeVault" <sir@cmpwn.com>]

On Wed Sep 2, 2020 at 12:06 PM EDT, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 9/2/20 8:57 AM, Drew DeVault wrote:
> > This adds a link to https://useplaintext.email to email-clients.rst,
> > which is a more exhaustive resource on configuring various mail clients
> > for plain text use. submitting-patches.rst is also updated to direct
> > readers to email-clients.rst to equip new contributors with the
> > requisite knowledge to become a good participant on the mailing lists.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
> > ---
> > Conflict of interest: I wrote and maintain the website this links to.
> > 
> >  Documentation/process/email-clients.rst      | 5 +++++
> >  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 3 +++
> >  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst b/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst
> > index c9e4ce2613c0..16586f6cc888 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst
> > @@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ attachments, but then the attachments should have content-type
> >  it makes quoting portions of the patch more difficult in the patch
> >  review process.
> >  
> > +It's also strongly recommended that you use plain text in your email body,
> > +for patches and other emails alike. https://useplaintext.email may be useful
>
> You could justify that first sentence by adding that some mailing
> lists drop/discard emails that are in html.

Will add this if the patch ends up being re-rolled, but I don't think it
necessarily warrants a v3.