On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 11:21:36AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > On 10.05.23 20:34, 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. > > Thx for doing this. > > > [...] > > --- > > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) > > For some reason we have duplicate code^w documentation for this, hence > I'd say the same or a similar text should also be added to one of the > filed in Documentation/process/[0-9].*rst ; from a quick > Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst might be the best one. > > Maybe in fact the text should move there and submitting-patches.rst > should have a much shorter version, as it's meant to be the terser of > the two docs about this. Hm, The place where it is mentioned is even shorter, so I kind of like it in submittingpatches. But, I'm open to whatever seems best. I just want to have a URL to point people at, and I'm usually pointing to places in submittingpatches. :) > > > 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 > > s/discusions/discussions/ Agh, thanks. Fixed. > > > +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 > > Nitpicking, feel free to ignore: maybe "s/replies/responses/" or > something like that, as at least my stupid brain accidentally thought of > the email reply (as whole) when reading this for the first time. Yeah, that is more readable. Fixed. > > +space. For more details see: http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top > > [...] > > Ciao, Thorsten Thanks! -- Kees Cook
