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 On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 06:28:29AM -0800, Pradeep Sawlani wrote: > 4.4.110 stable tree. What about 4.9 and 4.14? You do not want to cause a regression if someone moves from 4.4.y to 4.9.y, right? > bwh was internal thing which got here. Do you want me to modify commit > message and send it across? It makes no sense in the context, the person who did the work should sign-off on the patch, right? thanks, greg k-h