On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 10:21:57PM -0400, Richard Fontana wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 9:18 AM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Also: > > 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? > > > > A: No. > > Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? > > > > http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top > > I come from the bottom-posting tradition and resisted top-posting for > years, so I am pleased that top-posting is not appropriate for this > list. (At least one other person reading this list may remember that > the Harvey Birdman Rule [1] (in the process of being rebranded the > Hindering Backchannels Rule) had a very strong anti-top-posting > component in its original version, but this proved to be excessively > harsh in practice and was modified appropriately.) > > I assume it's okay to put the "Reviewed-by:" at the top of the reply though? It's not the nicest, as you should trim the email and not quote the whole large patch, but we can live with it for now. thanks, greg k-h
