Subject: Re: Why not "attach" patches?
To: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:28:23 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
In-Reply-To: <a21qvo$375$1@penguin.transmeta.com> from "Linus Torvalds" at Jan 15, 2002 06:04:40 PM
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> all tools will see as a normal body), I simply WILL NOT apply it unless
> I have strong reason to. I usually wont even bother looking at it,
> unless I expected something special from the sender.
> 
> Really. Don't send patches as attachments. 

BTW: If you are sending me anything DO use attachments. Especially if you
use any of the following, which seem to have some versions that mangle 
inline diffs

	Lotus Notes
	Pine
	Kmail
	Mozilla
	Netscape
	MS Outlook

If you aren't sure if your mailer is ok then send yourself a block of text
that contains a line over 80 chars long, a line ending in space, and a line
with tabs in it

Check the tabs are still there, the space on the end of the line hasnt been
eaten (eg pine) and that the long line was not wrapped.

Alan
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