linux-kernel - Re: Sending patches as eml message attachment?

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Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 20:32:10 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Sending patches as eml message attachment?

On 4/28/24 18:18, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 06:10:16PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
>> On 4/28/24 16:56, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>> Why would they be?
>>>
>>> Attachments don't usually work as you can not reply to them and comment
>>> on the contents, right?  Try it yourself and see.
>>>
>>
>> OK.
>>
>> I experimented this by sending dummy patches to myself, as attachment.
>> I replied to the patch using mutt and thunderbird. In mutt, the patch
>> contents was quoted, whereas in the latter, it was missing. Hence,
>> email clients are inconsistent on handling patch attachments.
> 
> That is true, which is why we say "do not attach patches".  It's as if
> people assume we are new at this whole thing...
> 

OK, thanks!

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