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From: Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org>
To: Eddie Kovsky <ewk@edkovsky.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Documentation: Email client improvements
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 23:18:19 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151106071819.GC18221@malice.jf.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151106062039.GA16257@athena>

On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 11:20:39PM -0700, Eddie Kovsky wrote:
> A recent mailing list discussion about developer tools extended over
> to Google+.
> 
> https://plus.google.com/+DarrenHart/posts/EbVFWJu3FK9
> 
> Several members of the kernel community felt that improving the email
> client documentation would make it easier for new developers to get
> started submitting patches.
> 
> This series introduces three updates to help new contributors get
> Mutt working as quickly as possible.
> 
>  * Clarify that Gmail is acceptable for sending patches, as long as it
> is used without the web interface.
> 
>  * Add instructions for sending files directly from Mutt without use of a
> specific editor.
> 
>  * Add a minimal Mutt configuration to use Gmail's IMAP servers to send
> text email.
> 
> I tested this configuration using a mockup local user and my own Gmail
> account.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Eddie

Thank you Eddie!

Each of these patches is an incremental improvement and adds useful information
to the documentation.

For the series:

Reviewed-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org>

> 
> Eddie Kovsky (3):
>   Clarify use of Gmail for emailing patches
>   Add note on sending files directly with Mutt
>   Add minimal Mutt config for using Gmail
> 
>  Documentation/email-clients.txt | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --
> 2.6.2
> 
> 

-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center

      reply	other threads:[~2015-11-06  7:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-11-06  6:20 [PATCH 0/3] Documentation: Email client improvements Eddie Kovsky
2015-11-06  7:18 ` Darren Hart [this message]

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