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

Albert ARIBAUD albert.u.boot at aribaud.net
Mon Jan 13 23:07:01 CET 2014


Hi Wolfgang,

On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 22:08:15 +0100, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:

> Dear Albert,
> 
> In message <20140113173924.684ce548 at lilith> you wrote:
> > 
> > > 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.
> 
> This is not correct.  It is also an indicatioin who was explicitly
> addressed when the patch was submitted, so you can later still see
> from the commit message who was invited to commend and refrained from
> doing so.  This may help a lot in discussions like "but I never had a
> chance to see this patch".
> 
> Please keep these.  The are really useful.

Thanks Wolfgang. I hadn't considered this 'traceability' aspect -- I
haven't been involved in enough such discussions, obviously.

Chin Liang See: apologies for the noise.

> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.


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