On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 11:34:26AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > 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 > Yes!!! Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
