Return-path: Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.17.11]:57849 "EHLO mout.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755863AbbGHP1z (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jul 2015 11:27:55 -0400 Subject: Re: Clarification for the use of additional fields in the message body To: Theodore Ts'o , Julian Calaby , 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 References: <559B85CD.6040200@users.sourceforge.net> <559BBDD6.7040808@users.sourceforge.net> <559BFB19.2080700@users.sourceforge.net> <559CCC9D.8050606@users.sourceforge.net> <559CED4C.1080402@users.sourceforge.net> <20150708150335.GB20551@thunk.org> From: SF Markus Elfring Message-ID: <559D416A.7050601@users.sourceforge.net> (sfid-20150708_172824_024370_ADECD36E) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 17:27:38 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20150708150335.GB20551@thunk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > Note also that some maintainers have work flow that deliberately smash > the date (i.e., because they are using a system such as guilt), > so if you are depending on the submitted timestamp, it's going to > break on you. Thanks for your hint. I am just trying to offer the possibility for the reuse of a more precise commit timestamp together with an appropriate author mail address for my update suggestions. Do you reject any more such message field overrides? Regards, Markus