Re: RFC: "SubmittingPatches" text

Alan Cox
2000-11-16T22:34:11Z

> The Unofficial Linus HOWTO

'Care And Operation Of Your Linus Torvalds'

> mv linux linux-vanilla
> diff -urN linux-vanilla $MYSRC > /tmp/patch

Include Tigrans recommended exclude list and info

> code. A MIME attachment also takes Linus a bit more time to process,
> decreasing the likelihood of your MIME-attached change being accepted.

+ If your mailer is mangling patches then someone may ask you to resend them
+ using MIME.

Maybe also note that maintainers of given modules are much more likely to
give feedback than Linus, also the [PATCH]: convention

Alan