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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the msm tree with the arm tree
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On Tuesday 19 October 2010, Joe Perches wrote:
> This could have been done:
> 
> $ git show 08a610d9ef5394525b0328da0162d7b58c982cc4 | ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl --nogit | wc -l
> 35
> 
> Even then, using 35 CCs is generally silly.
> 
> It might make some sense for a cover letter and a
> patch series where the series made tree-wide changes
> in multiple directories.

Probably not even then: When a single mail header gets too long, you usually land
in some spam filter and get hate mail from the list owners. The lkml limit is 1024
characters (this may come from an official RFC, don't know), which is usually less
than 35 recipients.

	Arnd