Re: Do need keep mail in thread when sending a new version patch?

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 07/23/2012 04:34 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Du, ChangbinX wrote:
> >> Hi, developers!
> >> 	I have a question about sending patch: If my patch have a new version, 
> >> do I need set "--in-reply-to" option so keep them in the same thread when
> >> sending it? And in which cases should "--in-reply-to" option be set? Thanks!
> > 
> > Yes, please do it when possible.  It groups patches nicely in theaded email
> > readers, and it makes it easier for people who are interested in the subject
> > to find the new version of your patchset (and all individual patches that
> > are part of the same patchset), AND for people who are not interested to
> > skip the entire thing.
> 
> 
> Please compare to a proposed patch:
> 
>   http://marc.info/?l=linux-doc&m=133539116205348&w=2

This one (referenced by the commit changelog of the above) seems to be a
better explanation:

http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2012-April/096236.html

Anyway, I stand corrected.

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  Henrique Holschuh
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