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

[Chin Liang See]

Hi Albert,

On Mon, 2014-01-13 at 17:39 +0100, ZY - albert.u.boot wrote:
> 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?


The patman script looks cool. Let me learn up this and using this when
submitting future patches. At same time, sorry for the hassle as I am
not aware the git send-email method not helpful for maintainer. For this
patch, wonder is it ok for you to manually remove the Ccs? Thanks and
appreciate again for your helps.

Chin Liang

> 
> > Chin Liang
> 
> Amicalement,