On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 08:14:25AM +1100, NeilBrown wrote: > On Wed, 25 Oct 2023, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > Please compare the numbers: > > 1. 1 sender removes irrelevant parts, > > 2. N receivers skip irrelevant parts. > > That is one way to look at the numbers. > Another is: > > 12 - fix about a dozen MUAs to summaries quotes properly > 12000 - fix an unknownable number of people to quote just exactly the > amount that their particular audience is going to want > > and when it comes to fixing-code versus fixing-people, I know which this > community is better at. We've historically been successful at enforcing LKML etiquette rules on everyone. This is just another rule to not quote the entire email when you're replying to a patch. If you're just adding a Reviewed-by tag then post some context but not more than a page. For a new driver, what I sometimes to is put a summary at the top. "Thanks. The only real bug is some missing error codes in probe. I had some other style nits as well. See below for all the details." I normally write the email first and then chop out the "no comment" functions at the end. (Sometimes I chop out the no comment functions at the begining and then I have to start over when I change my mind). regards, dan carpenter
