From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:58150 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933728AbeCGPy4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Mar 2018 10:54:56 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 08:54:54 -0700 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Mimi Zohar Cc: James Bottomley , "Winkler, Tomas" , Jarkko Sakkinen , Jason Gunthorpe , "Usyskin, Alexander" , "linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org\" , "@lwn.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, " "@lwn.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3 RESEND] tpm: add longer timeouts for creation commands. Message-ID: <20180307085454.2c820a13@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <1520361396.10396.396.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20180304121205.16934-1-tomas.winkler@intel.com> <20180305125642.GA3425@linux.intel.com> <5B8DA87D05A7694D9FA63FD143655C1B9422E21E@hasmsx108.ger.corp.intel.com> <20180306074932.GB3624@linux.intel.com> <5B8DA87D05A7694D9FA63FD143655C1B9422EFFE@hasmsx108.ger.corp.intel.com> <1520353933.5393.21.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <1520361396.10396.396.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-integrity-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:36:36 -0500 Mimi Zohar wrote: > I've heard that some maintainers are moving away from cover letters, > since they are not include in the git repo and are lost. If I get a patch series with a cover letter that should be preserved, I apply the series in a branch then do a no-ff merge; the cover letter can then go into the merge commit. There's no reason why cover letters need to be lost. jon