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

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Message-ID: <20070912230935.GE3563@stusta.de>
Date:	Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:09:35 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	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

On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 09:53:00PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 15:16 -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Devolution allows the same, but most other mailers dont. Esp the text
> based onces which are the majority under the people you want reviews
> from.

I still prefer patches directly inline, but mutt both is a text based 
MUA and defaults to adding text/plain attachments to the quoted text.

cu
Adrian

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