Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 16:08:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 16:08:56 -0400 Received: from p508879B5.dip.t-dialin.net ([80.136.121.181]:49107 "EHLO hawkeye.luckynet.adm") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 16:08:55 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:14:40 -0600 (MDT) From: Thunder from the hill X-X-Sender: thunder@hawkeye.luckynet.adm To: Linus Torvalds cc: Peter Rival , Subject: Re: [ALPHA] Compile fixes for alpha arch In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-Location: Dorndorf/Steudnitz; Germany MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1043 Lines: 30 Hi, On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote: > This is why I absolutely abhor attachments - they add zero value (over a > well-behaving mail app), and they make some things basically impossible to > do conveniently. I'd say they add value -- try sending binaries inline, and watch them beat you up... > Alternatively, if you use attachments, if the mailer doesn't re-code them > as something stupid (ie leaves the encoding as plain ascii), then that > works too. Suggestion: since you use the shell to create patches, do the following: receive mail, respond to mail, write text mails -> pine send patches -> script (I have got an example here.) Will work fine, and not corrupt your stuff unless you tell it to. Thunder -- assert(typeof((fool)->next) == typeof(fool)); /* wrong */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/