On Tue, 2018-03-06 at 13:36 -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote: > I've heard that some maintainers are moving away from cover letters, > since they are not include in the git repo and are lost. I've seen > Andrew Morton cut and paste the cover letter in the first patch > description of the patch set. When I contribute code, the cover letter helps me to do the Right Thing.. Taking the time to write a proper cover letter helps to do a "mental exercise" that 1. The changes make sense in the first place. 2. Only the necessary is done, not more or less. Even for a small patch set the time used to write the cover letter will pay off because it helps the maitainer to make a fair and educated decision. /Jarkko
