Hi, On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Ben Bucksch wrote: > On 09.02.2009 13:34, Michael J Gruber wrote: > > Johannes Schindelin venit, vidit, dixit 08.02.2009 18:28: > > > > > On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Jeremy White wrote > > > > Essentially, the problem is well understood - Thunderbird uses > > > > format=flowed by default, which is what mangles the patches. > > > > > > > I guess I'll start discouraging use of Thunderbird from now on. > > Or you could just publish: > 1. Prefs | Advanced | General | Config Editor... > 2. "mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed" = false Ah. Mhm... > As inline attachments, they'll show up inline in the msg viewer as well ... which is a moot point, as the responder has to do extra work to quote the stuff. Definitely not my type of friendliness. > > I found git-send-email the more reliable and practical solution for > > sending out patches. Put yourself in bcc and you'll have a copy in > > TB's inbox or another folder (use filters). > > Yup, I think that's the best way - git is using email only as protocol, so > it's good to have special clients to that, as it's a really special use. Aha. And putting extra comments in (manually) does not count. 'cause I do not see send-email allowing that. > > <sarcasm style="reality: exaggerated;"> > > Isn't that some Linux guy? How would he matter for Mozilla? Does he even > > know how to send HTML mail... > > </sarcasm> > > > > I don't think it's a matter of clue, it's a matter of background and > attitude. Yeah, I think my background dictates that I stay by my word and recommend other mailers than Thunderbird. It is one thing to be nice to the "average" user, but another one to be unfriendly to the people making the internet revolution possible. Ciao, Dscho -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
