Top-posting has been strongly discouraged in Linux development, but this was actually not written anywhere in the common documentation about sending patches and replying to reviews. Add a section about trimming and interleaved replies. Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rong Tao <rtoax@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index eac7167dce83..3e838da8822f 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -326,6 +326,29 @@ explaining difference aganst previous submission (see See Documentation/process/email-clients.rst for recommendations on email clients and mailing list etiquette. +Use trimmed interleaved replies in email discussions +---------------------------------------------------- +Top-posting is strongly discouraged in Linux kernel development +discusions. Interleaved (or "inline") replies make conversations much +easier to follow. For more details see: +https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style + +As is frequently quoted on the mailing list: + + A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post + Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting? + A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. + Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? + A: Top-posting. + Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? + +Similarly, please trim all unneeded quotations that aren't relevant +to your reply. This makes replies easier to find, and saves time and +space. For more details see: http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top + + A: No. + Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? + .. _resend_reminders: Don't get discouraged - or impatient -- 2.34.1
