Hi Jani, On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 4:31 PM Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 23 Apr 2024, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The recommendation is based on the following rationale: > > > > - it makes the commit messages much cleaner and easy to read, especially > > on the screens of the mobile devices; > > > > - it reduces resources (memory, time, energy) to retrieve all these > > headers, which are barely needed by a mere user, as for automation > > they will be still available via mail archives, such as > > https://lore.kernel.org, assuming the Link: or Message-ID tag is > > provided. > > I find the information in the commit message useful, and it tells me who > were explicitly included in the discussion. Contrary to popular belief, it does not tell you who was explicitly included in the discussion. Git history has lots of commits that state I was CCed on a patch, while I had no active participation in the discussion, or even any interest in the patch in the first place (scripts/get_mainter.pl considered harmful). Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds
