Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:34:15 -0800 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Documentation: mention email-clients.txt in SubmittingPatches |
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:20:02 +0100 Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> Applies to 2.6.24-rc8-git2 > > I was struggling to get my email-client no to mangle my patch files, > and I didn't find enough information in the SubmittingPatches file. > By looking for more information on the web, I eventually found the > email-clients.txt file, and it answered all my needs > > This patch adds a reference to email-clients.txt in SubmittingPatches, > and Mozilla related information which is no longer accurate > (as opposed to the details found in email-clients.txt). > > This should be helpful for people sending their first patches, > or not sending patches on a frequent basis. > > Michael. > > -- > Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael@free-electrons.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Thanks.
> diff -Naur linux-2.6.24-rc8-git2/Documentation/SubmittingPatches linux-2.6.24-rc8-git2-sp/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > --- linux-2.6.24-rc8-git2/Documentation/SubmittingPatches 2008-01-17 09:48:56.000000000 +0100 > +++ linux-2.6.24-rc8-git2-sp/Documentation/SubmittingPatches 2008-01-18 10:29:46.000000000 +0100 > @@ -220,20 +220,8 @@ > Exception: If your mailer is mangling patches then someone may ask > you to re-send them using MIME. > > - > -WARNING: Some mailers like Mozilla send your messages with > ----- message header ---- > -Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > ----- message header ---- > -The problem is that "format=flowed" makes some of the mailers > -on receiving side to replace TABs with spaces and do similar > -changes. Thus the patches from you can look corrupted. > - > -To fix this just make your mozilla defaults/pref/mailnews.js file to look like: > -pref("mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed", false); // RFC 2646======= > -pref("mailnews.display.disable_format_flowed_support", true); > - > - > +See Documentation/email-clients.txt for hints about configuring > +your e-mail client so that it sends your patches untouched. > > 8) E-mail size. > > > --
--- ~Randy
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