Return-path: Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.17.11]:63896 "EHLO mout.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754091AbbGHHJf (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jul 2015 03:09:35 -0400 Subject: Re: Clarification for the use of additional fields in the message body To: Julian Calaby References: <530CD2C4.4050903@users.sourceforge.net> <530CF8FF.8080600@users.sourceforge.net> <530DD06F.4090703@users.sourceforge.net> <5317A59D.4@users.sourceforge.net> <558EB32E.6090003@users.sourceforge.net> <558EB4DE.3080406@users.sourceforge.net> <20150707023103.GA22043@kroah.com> <559B6FF8.9010704@users.sourceforge.net> <559B85CD.6040200@users.sourceforge.net> <559BBDD6.7040808@users.sourceforge.net> <559BFB19.2080700@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Frans Klaver , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Chris Park , Dean Lee , Johnny Kim , Rachel Kim , linux-wireless , "devel@driverdev.osuosl.org" , Julia Lawall , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, LKML From: SF Markus Elfring Message-ID: <559CCC9D.8050606@users.sourceforge.net> (sfid-20150708_090955_862110_66B0DFC7) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 09:09:17 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > There's a file in the documentation directory of the kernel > tree describing submitting patches and email client setup. > Read them both, I read this information several times. > do what they say without anything extra. Do you see any special consequences if a bit of "extra" functionality is already provided by the Git software for a while? > Your attempts to "improve" on the system are unnecessary It seems that my approach does not need improvements for the current command "git am". Would a few extensions for the available documentation help to clarify the situation? Do items like "commit mail address" and "commit timestamp" belong together for the data structure "author" by design in this content management system? > and annoying people. I understand that various update suggestions can be surprising. It is also usual that corresponding acceptance might take a bit longer than what some contributors would prefer. Regards, Markus