Re: [PATCH] Documentation: mention email-clients.txt in SubmittingPatches

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:20:02 +0100 Michael Opdenacker wrote:

> Applies to 2.6.24-rc8-git2
> 
> I was struggling to get my email-client no to mangle my patch files,
> and I didn't find enough information in the SubmittingPatches file.
> By looking for more information on the web, I eventually found the
> email-clients.txt file, and it answered all my needs
> 
> This patch adds a reference to email-clients.txt in SubmittingPatches,
> and Mozilla related information which is no longer accurate
> (as opposed to the details found in email-clients.txt).
> 
> This should be helpful for people sending their first patches,
> or not sending patches on a frequent basis.
> 
> Michael.
> 
> --
> Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael@free-electrons.com>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>

Thanks.

> diff -Naur linux-2.6.24-rc8-git2/Documentation/SubmittingPatches linux-2.6.24-rc8-git2-sp/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> --- linux-2.6.24-rc8-git2/Documentation/SubmittingPatches	2008-01-17 09:48:56.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc8-git2-sp/Documentation/SubmittingPatches	2008-01-18 10:29:46.000000000 +0100
> @@ -220,20 +220,8 @@
>  Exception:  If your mailer is mangling patches then someone may ask
>  you to re-send them using MIME.
>  
> -
> -WARNING: Some mailers like Mozilla send your messages with
> ----- message header ----
> -Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
> ----- message header ----
> -The problem is that "format=flowed" makes some of the mailers
> -on receiving side to replace TABs with spaces and do similar
> -changes. Thus the patches from you can look corrupted.
> -
> -To fix this just make your mozilla defaults/pref/mailnews.js file to look like:
> -pref("mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed", false); // RFC 2646=======
> -pref("mailnews.display.disable_format_flowed_support", true);
> -
> -
> +See Documentation/email-clients.txt for hints about configuring
> +your e-mail client so that it sends your patches untouched.
>  
>  8) E-mail size.
>  
> 
> -- 

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~Randy