Re: RFC: "SubmittingPatches" text

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Thu Nov 16 2000 - 17:04:02 EST


> The Unofficial Linus HOWTO

        'Care And Operation Of Your Linus Torvalds'

> mv linux linux-vanilla
> diff -urN linux-vanilla $MYSRC > /tmp/patch

Include Tigrans recommended exclude list and info

> code. A MIME attachment also takes Linus a bit more time to process,
> decreasing the likelihood of your MIME-attached change being accepted.

+ If your mailer is mangling patches then someone may ask you to resend them
+ using MIME.

Maybe also note that maintainers of given modules are much more likely to
give feedback than Linus, also the [PATCH]: convention

Alan

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