From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932073AbVLZSAo (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:00:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932077AbVLZSAo (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:00:44 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:60032 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932073AbVLZSAo (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:00:44 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: improve documentation re: buggy mailers From: Lee Revell To: linux-kernel Cc: Andrew Morton Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:05:24 -0500 Message-Id: <1135620324.8293.57.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org There are plenty of perfectly good mailers available that don't mangle patches. Warn users about buggy mailers in general and Thunderbird in particular. Signed-Off-By: Lee Revell --- linux-2.6.15-rc5-rt2/Documentation/SubmittingPatches-orig 2005-12-26 13:01:51.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.15-rc5-rt2/Documentation/SubmittingPatches 2005-12-26 13:03:27.000000000 -0500 @@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ For this reason, all patches should be submitting e-mail "inline". WARNING: Be wary of your editor's word-wrap corrupting your patch, if you choose to cut-n-paste your patch. +WARNING: Avoid Mozilla's Thunderbird email client, unlike other +popular mailers it seems to be incapable of sending +non-whitespace-damaged patches. + Do not attach the patch as a MIME attachment, compressed or not. Many popular e-mail applications will not always transmit a MIME @@ -193,8 +197,8 @@ code. A MIME attachment also takes Linus a bit more time to process, decreasing the likelihood of your MIME-attached change being accepted. -Exception: If your mailer is mangling patches then someone may ask -you to re-send them using MIME. +No exceptions. If your mailer is mangling patches then you will be +told to get a better mailer.