On 10/01/15 18:21, Eric Blake wrote: > On 10/01/2015 10:17 AM, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >> On 10/01/15 18:03, Eric Blake wrote: >>> [meta-comment] >>> >>> On 10/01/2015 06:14 AM, Marc Marí wrote: >>>> Implementation of the FW CFG DMA interface. >>> >>> The subject line is missing "v4" and "0/7". Also, the cover letter is >>> missing a diffstat. That makes it harder to see from the cover letter >>> what the rest of the series is about. 'git format-patch/send-email >>> --cover-letter' does what you want; you can even 'git config >>> format.coverletter=auto' to always include a decent cover letter on any >>> multi-patch series. >>> >> >> This posting follows a little bit different pattern, one that I myself >> follow when posting patches for two (or more) components that must work >> in sync. > > Ok, makes sense. Maybe the only additional suggestions would be to make > it more obvious in the subject line (put the text 'cross-post' > somewhere?) or have the first paragraph of the meta-cover be more > explicit that there are going to be multiple sub-threads, one per > project, where all subthreads must be applied to their corresponding > project for the overall feature to be complete? That's a good idea. I think prefixing the main blurb's subject with [cross-post], and a "standard" first paragraph based on your above suggestion, would be helpful. > [And maybe I should wait a few minutes for the full thread to appear in > my inbox, rather than immediately replying to the first mail while the > series is still incomplete due to mail delays...] I'm not patient; it would be unfair from me to expect others to be... :) Laszlo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
