Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755965AbXI1V5x (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:57:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751567AbXI1V5q (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:57:46 -0400 Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:40236 "EHLO rgminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751397AbXI1V5p (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:57:45 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:56:27 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: Bill Davidsen Cc: Jonathan Campbell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Patches for tiny 386 kernels, again. Linux kernel 2.6.22.7 Message-Id: <20070928145627.4bf99b0f.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <46FD7104.9070609@tmr.com> References: <46F77A85.6020202@nerdgrounds.com> <20070924104940.50a52cf3.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <46FD7104.9070609@tmr.com> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.6 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1587 Lines: 41 On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:24:20 -0400 Bill Davidsen wrote: > Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > This seems reasonable, so I tried to use it. Here are the results > > and comments and meta-comments. > > > > > > 1. Please forcibly wrap text lines in mail body at around column 70-72. > > > > 2. Put patches inline in the mail body, not as attachments. > > > I'll offer this suggestion, knowing it may piss you off, given the > difficulty of preserving whitespace on *many* mailers without using > attachments, and given that attachments can be saved easily without > prying them out of the message, why don't you (one person) switch to a > capable mail agent, if only for patches, instead of trying to teach many > people to jump through hoops to avoid whitespace issues? Is "you" referring to me? You didn't piss me off. I don't even understand what you are talking about. BTW, lots of us have capable mail clients. > Not criticizing, just seems easier for everybody for you to avoid > teaching people things they don't find useful elsewhere, or getting > discouraged and not bothering. (again, if "you" are referring to me:) I generally try to help people. Another option is just to give them no feedback and drop their patches. I think that's not useful or helpful at all. --- ~Randy Phaedrus says that Quality is about caring. - 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/