[U-Boot] sending updated patch versions

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Holger,

In message <4E119D36.7040900 at keymile.com> you wrote:
>
> and I wonder if it is needed to update the history of *all* patches in a serie
> even if for different specific patches nothing was changed. Or if it sufficient
> if only the subject indicates the version number for such patches.

If you keep the threading of the messages intact (i. e. supply proper
In-reply-to: and References: headers - like you get automatically when
inserting the message ID when "git send-email" asks for the
"Message-ID to be used as In-Reply-To for the first email"), then
there is usually no need to resend unchanged patces at all - what for?
It would be just a waste of effort and bandwidth.

> E.g patch serie where only 1 patch has changes requested, do I need to update
> all other patches with the history:
> 
> "Changes for v2: - nothing"

No. Please don't repost the unchanged patches at all. Repost just the
one that you modified.


There are only few cases where you have biggger or more complicated
series of patches, which undergo a number of changes here and there
where it may make sense to repost a clean version of the whole series.

The basic rule here is once again: "No news is good news."

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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