From: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>, Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.11.11
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 11:58:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050527185837.GJ27549@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0505271117290.17402@ppc970.osdl.org>
* Linus Torvalds (torvalds@osdl.org) wrote:
> Side note: the patch-applicator scripts will, if the first line of the
> email body is of the form "^From: xxxx", and there's exactly one '@' sign
> on that line, then it will assume that it's supposed to be the author
> info, and use that instead of the "From: " line in the header of the
> email.
>
> So when passing on stuff from others, that's always the preferred way to
> do it. A lot of people already follow this convention, and it might even
> be documented somewhere.
Good to know, thanks.
-chris
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-27 18:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-27 16:04 Chris Wright
2005-05-27 16:06 ` Chris Wright
2005-05-27 17:11 ` Lee Revell
2005-05-27 18:07 ` Chris Wright
2005-05-27 18:20 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-05-27 18:58 ` Chris Wright [this message]
2005-05-29 13:17 ` Matthias Andree
2005-05-29 18:03 ` Greg KH
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