Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:18:15 -0700 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] [GIT PATCH] USB fixes for 2.6.23-rc3 |
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On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:49:56 -0700 Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 12:43:47AM +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > > > sorry, this is a private egoistic request, so I took the liberty and > > removed Linus and Andrew from CC: If this wouldn't make things more > > difficult / worse for you and anyone else, could you perhaps post such > > patch chains as a reply to the first message (patch 0/x) and not each > > subsequent patch as a reply to the previous one? It would make it easier > > to view for _me_ (remember egoistic?) because my mail agent (pine) > > presents mail threads where every reply level produces a small right > > offset in the subject line, so, starting from about reply number 20 the > > subject is completely off-screen. > > > > Again, this is a minor trouble, and, perhaps, I am the only one suffering > > from it, but if it doesn't matter either way for everyone else, I would > > really appreciate it that way. > > Heh, people ask me about this every few months or so, so you are not > alone.
I'd prefer that change also. In fact I just modified (trivial) send_lots_of_email.pl (gregkh_patchbomb mailer) to do this, except that I just have it create an mbox that I email via msmtp. (and it reads a 'sendpatchset' control file for input instead of needing to modify the script source file itself)
> Unfortunately, I really like the cascade affect, it shows that the > patches do have to be applied in consecutive order for them to work > properly (which some people seem to forget and then get mad at me when > they try to cherry-pick intermediate patches and apply them to older > kernels for odd reasons...)
A patch series such as:
PATCH 0/n: intro/summary |_ PATCH 1/n: desc1 |_ PATCH 2/n: desc2 |_ PATCH 3/n: desc3
should imply a patch order also, shouldn't it? At least it does to me and to users of Paul Jackson's 'sendpatchset' script, which acts in this way.
> If I wanted to respond in an egotistical way, I could just tell you to > use an email client that can handle the cascade affect properly, like > mine does :)
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