Re: [RFC-PATCH 1/2] send-email: new option to quote an email and reply to

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On 05/25/16 00:30, Aaron Schrab wrote:
> At 14:49 +0200 24 May 2016, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Samuel GROOT <samuel.groot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> What kind of help text would you want to see?
>>>
>>> Maybe something like this:
>>>
>>>   GIT: Quoted message body below.
>>>   GIT: Feel free to trim down the quoted text
>>>   GIT: to only relevant portions.
>>>
>>> As "GIT:" portions are ignored when parsed by `git send-email`.
>>
>> That's an option, but in the context of email, I think these
>> instructions are not necessary.
> 
> In an ideal world that would be true.  But in the real world I think
> evidence of many messages to this mailing list containing full quotes
> suggests it might be helpful. I'd actually argue that the message be
> more forceful, making it a suggestion/request to trim rather than simply
> telling the user that it's allowed.

Furthermore, it is a good way to avoid very long messages due to
unnecessary parts quoted.

Therefore, we thought about a request like "Please, trim down irrelevant
sections in the quoted message to keep your email concise"
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