Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 01:50:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 01:50:32 -0500 Received: from [63.231.122.81] ([63.231.122.81]:27214 "EHLO lynx.adilger.int") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 01:50:17 -0500 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 23:50:00 -0700 From: Andreas Dilger To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: linux-2.5.4-pre1 - bitkeeper testing Message-ID: <20020205235000.J2928@lynx.turbolabs.com> Mail-Followup-To: Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from torvalds@transmeta.com on Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 07:37:41PM -0800 X-GPG-Key: 1024D/0D35BED6 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7A37 5D79 BF1B CECA D44F 8A29 A488 39F5 0D35 BED6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Feb 05, 2002 19:37 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > For a first example, the ChangeLog file for 2.5.4-pre1 is rather more > detailed than usual (in fact, right now it is _too_ detailed, and I > haven't written the scripts to "terse it down" for postings to > linux-kernel, for example). Well, I for one would rather have these verbose messages than very terse messages (or none at all). Actually, having the full email explanation helps other readers just as much as it helps you, and having the subject lines helps go back to the specific message/thread in l-k (if the patch was also posted there). Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/ http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ - 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/