Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:50:33 -0700 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Why not "attach" patches? |
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Linus Torvalds writes: > In article <3C446C77.3000806@evision-ventures.com>, > Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com> wrote: > > > >Don't worry - nothign prevents proper attached patches from beeing > >applied - the FAQ is only a bit zealous on this ;-) > > Wrong. > > If I get a patch in an attachment (other than a "Text/PLAIN" type > attachment with no mangling and that pretty much all mail readers and > all tools will see as a normal body), I simply WILL NOT apply it unless > I have strong reason to. I usually wont even bother looking at it, > unless I expected something special from the sender. > > Really. Don't send patches as attachments.
Thanks for providing material I can quote :-) I've updated the FAQ entry on this, and also included your sage words: http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s1-14
"So let it be written, so let it be done!" :-)
Regards,
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