Re: [PATCH qemu v2] QEMU coding style mandates spaces for indentation. This change replaces TABs in block files.

[Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 01:30:50AM -0400, ~farzon wrote:
> From: Farzon Lotfi <hi@farzon.org>

Food for thought: your git/mail configuration used one address for the
envelope (name '~farzon' as user 'farzon@') and another as the patch
author (name 'Farzon Lotfi' as user 'hi@').  Since you own your domain
(with its own perks), you can get away with it, but it looks a bit
less professional to need a second From: line to override the mail
author (which is more commonly needed to work around overly strict
DKIM settings), compared to just sending your mail from the desired
full-name author in the first place.  But since your Signed-off-by tag
is correct, this is not a show-stopper to applying your patch.

However, my next comment does require a respin before your patch would
be ready.  Your Subject: line is too long, as evidenced by your choice
of using sentences.  It should really be 'category: short description'
all within 60 characters or so (when 'git log' displays indentation, a
short commit id, and then your subject, you don't want your subject
truncated).  It feels like some of your subject should instead be part
of the commit body, where you currently have only...

> 
> Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/371

...because that one line as a body is rather sparse.  While the URL is
nice (it is a lifesaver for tracking whether a particular bug has a
known patch), it does not tell me at a glance what is behind that URL,
and I don't want to have to fire up my browser to learn about your
patch.  In general, the subject should be a short "what", and the
commit body should be "why" a maintainer should apply it.  I'd suggest
the following:

block: Replace TABs with space

Bring the block file in line with the QEMU coding style, with spaces
for indentation.
Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/371

> 
> Signed-off-by: Farzon Lotfi <hi@farzon.org>
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