Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:22:56 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Why not "attach" patches? |
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Christoph Rohland wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Wrong. > > > > If I get a patch in an attachment (other than a "Text/PLAIN" type > > attachment with no mangling and that pretty much all mail readers > > and all tools will see as a normal body), > > So text/plain is ok for you?
text/plain is fine - it has all the properties a non-attachment has.
> How about multiple cummulative patches attached to one mail?
Absolutely not. When I open my mail-client, and somebody has sent me 20 patches, I want to _see_ 20 mails. That way I can select from them, and the mailreader clearly indicates which ones I've read, etc etc.
Multiple attachements have no advantages, and have several disadvantages.
> This is the case where I hate your strategy about attachments: You > want to have separate patches (what I clearly understand), but you do > not want attachments. That's fine most of the time as long as I send > it to you privately, but to public lists too many people miss the > important steps.
Sending large patches to public lists tends to be a mistake in the first place. It just irritates the people who pay for bandwidth and do not want to apply patches off the list.
Linus
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