Re: [PATCH 08/27] asm-generic: add generic versions of common headers

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Thursday 30 April 2009, David Miller wrote:
> You didn't read what I said.
> 
> I extract the commit messages and patches using "git format-patch"
> merely as a formality, then I hand craft every aspect of the emails.

Right, this is what I do for smaller sets of patches, but I was
hoping for something slightly simpler when sending out my 27 (plus
the previous 18) patches.

> I never put "Date:" fields into the message body, that's rediculiously
> stupid.  And it confuses patchwork as well.  Just say NO.

Right, fair enough. I figured it wouldn't hurt to have the date in the
body because git-am can deal with it, but of course the problem was
the wrong date in the header.

	Arnd <><
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