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 17:26:22 +0200
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>, 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

Hi Jani,

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 4:31 PM Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com> 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.

Contrary to popular belief, it does not tell you who was explicitly
included in the discussion.  Git history has lots of commits that
state I was CCed on a patch, while I had no active participation in
the discussion, or even any interest in the patch in the first place
(scripts/get_mainter.pl considered harmful).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68korg

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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