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To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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        Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: The IrDA patches !!! (was Re: [RANT] Linux-IrDA status) 
In-Reply-To: Message from Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> 
   of "Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:56:57 -0800." <Pine.LNX.4.10.10011101143330.990-100000@penguin.transmeta.com> 
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 09:04:47 -0300
From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> said:
> On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> > 
> > 	I spent my full day going through my archives and splitting
> > the big patch of Dag into lots of small patches (see attached). I'm
> > glad I've got a big hard drive full of junk.
> 
> When I say multiple mails, I mean multiple mails. NOT "26 attachements in
> one mail". In fact, not a single attachment at all, please. Send me
> patches as a regular text body, with the explanation at the top, and the
> patch just appended.
> 
> Why?
>
> [Nice explanation snipped]

How about placing this (slightly edited, and with some other stuff thrown
in perhaps?) in a SUBMITTING-PATCHES file in the top of the kernel sources,
so nobody can overlook it?
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Horst von Brand                             vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
Casilla 9G, Vin~a del Mar, Chile                               +56 32 672616
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