RE: Do need keep mail in thread when sending a new version patch?

From: Du, ChangbinX
Date: Mon Jul 23 2012 - 21:57:23 EST


Thank you all. Maybe both of the two ideas are acceptable.
Seeing your discussion, I prefer to group patches in thread if thread is
not heavy, else I would like to start a new thread.

Thanks again.
Du, Changbin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Dunlap [mailto:rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 4:43 AM
> To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
> Cc: Du, ChangbinX; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Do need keep mail in thread when sending a new version patch?
>
> On 07/23/2012 11:43 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >> On 07/23/2012 04:34 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Du, ChangbinX wrote:
> >>>> Hi, developers!
> >>>> I have a question about sending patch: If my patch have a new
> version,
> >>>> do I need set "--in-reply-to" option so keep them in the same thread when
> >>>> sending it? And in which cases should "--in-reply-to" option be set?
> Thanks!
> >>>
> >>> Yes, please do it when possible. It groups patches nicely in theaded email
> >>> readers, and it makes it easier for people who are interested in the subject
> >>> to find the new version of your patchset (and all individual patches that
> >>> are part of the same patchset), AND for people who are not interested to
> >>> skip the entire thing.
> >>
> >>
> >> Please compare to a proposed patch:
> >>
> >> http://marc.info/?l=linux-doc&m=133539116205348&w=2
> >
> > This one (referenced by the commit changelog of the above) seems to be a
> > better explanation:
> >
> > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2012-April/096236.html
> >
> > Anyway, I stand corrected.
> >
>
>
> Well, that patch isn't merged into mainline yet, right?
> and it is only one opinion.
>
> I don't mind seeing the new versions of a patch sent as
> replies to older versions, so I don't see a need to codify it.
>
>
> --
> ~Randy
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