[U-Boot] [OT] CC:s in commits (was: [PATCH 1/2] socfpga: Adding Scan Manager driver)

[Albert ARIBAUD]

Hi Chin,

On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 08:34:36 -0600, Chin Liang See <clsee at altera.com>
wrote:

> Dear Albert,
> 
> On Mon, 2014-01-13 at 09:34 +0100, ZY - albert.u.boot wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:34:10 -0600, Chin Liang See <clsee at altera.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Scan Manager driver will be called to configure the IOCSR
> > > scan chain. This configuration will setup the IO buffer settings
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Chin Liang See <clsee at altera.com>
> > > Cc: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen at altera.com>
> > > Cc: Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>
> > > CC: Pavel Machek <pavel at denx.de>
> > > Cc: Tom Rini <trini at ti.com>
> > > Cc: Albert Aribaud <albert.u.boot at aribaud.net>
> > > ---
> > 
> > Not sure what the point is of these CC:s in the commit message. Do I
> > miss some use of these? Can I, should I, should I not remove them
> > from the commit when applying to my tree?
> > 
> 
> Actually these Cc will be helpful when using git send-email. It will
> auto cc to these mailing list when the patch is send out for review
> (instead entering the names manually every time). Thanks

That is useful to the sender, but useless to anyone else.

Aren't patman's Series-CC tags fulfilling the same function without
cluttering the commit message on the receiving/applying end?

> Chin Liang

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.