linux-kernel - Re: Do need keep mail in thread when sending a new version patch?

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Message-ID: <500DB757.2030200@xenotime.net>
Date:	Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:43:03 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
CC:	"Du, ChangbinX" <changbinx.du@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Do need keep mail in thread when sending a new version patch?

On 07/23/2012 11:43 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 07/23/2012 04:34 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
>>> On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Du, ChangbinX wrote:
>>>> Hi, developers!
>>>> 	I have a question about sending patch: If my patch have a new version, 
>>>> do I need set "--in-reply-to" option so keep them in the same thread when
>>>> sending it? And in which cases should "--in-reply-to" option be set? Thanks!
>>>
>>> Yes, please do it when possible.  It groups patches nicely in theaded email
>>> readers, and it makes it easier for people who are interested in the subject
>>> to find the new version of your patchset (and all individual patches that
>>> are part of the same patchset), AND for people who are not interested to
>>> skip the entire thing.
>>
>>
>> Please compare to a proposed patch:
>>
>>   http://marc.info/?l=linux-doc&m=133539116205348&w=2
> 
> This one (referenced by the commit changelog of the above) seems to be a
> better explanation:
> 
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2012-April/096236.html
> 
> Anyway, I stand corrected.
> 


Well, that patch isn't merged into mainline yet, right?
and it is only one opinion.

I don't mind seeing the new versions of a patch sent as
replies to older versions, so I don't see a need to codify it.


-- 
~Randy
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