linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] Documentation: process: Recommend to put Cc: tags after cutter '---' line

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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:37:19 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>
Cc: workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] Documentation: process: Recommend to put Cc: tags
 after cutter '---' line

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 05:30:49PM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Apr 2024, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > The recommendation is based on the following rationale:
> >
> > - it makes the commit messages much cleaner and easy to read, especially
> >   on the screens of the mobile devices;
> >
> > - it reduces resources (memory, time, energy) to retrieve all these
> >   headers, which are barely needed by a mere user, as for automation
> >   they will be still available via mail archives, such as
> >   https://lore.kernel.org, assuming the Link: or Message-ID tag is
> >   provided.
> 
> I find the information in the commit message useful, and it tells me who
> were explicitly included in the discussion.
> 
> For example when fixing a regression I'd like to Cc everyone who was
> Cc'd in the regressing commit. The drm subsystem maintainer tool
> actually has a helper for doing just that. 'dim fixes <sha1>' digs up
> all the relevant info.

> The Cc's on the mailing list archive are harder to dig up, and do not
> accurately reflect the same information.

How comes? These Cc: are 1:1 mapped to the Cc: email headers.

> A lot of patches get sent with
> more Cc's in the mail message than in the commit message.

Note, this is the recommendation as it's stated. You can continue polluting
the environment on your wish.

> > Let's be environment friendly and save the planet!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko