linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFC] doc: about email clients for Linux kernel patches

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Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:16:38 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
CC:	Chris Friesen <cfriesen@...tel.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] doc: about email clients for Linux kernel patches

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Chris Friesen wrote:
>> Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>
>>> +Thunderbird (GUI)
>>> +
>>> +By default, thunderbird likes to mangle text, but there are ways to
>>> +coerce it into being nice.
>>
>> Can someone describe the problems with just attaching the patch in 
>> Thunderbird?  It's what Martin says he does on the linked document...
> 
> Email clients don't like to quote attachments, even text/plain ones, 
> which then makes attached patches much more difficult to review and 
> comment on (i.e. you greatly reduce the number of reviewers).

Interestingly, Thunderbird does this right and simply
adds text/plain attachments to the quoted text.

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