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If that was the reason it would have been best to state that in the request. > Can I please just get the detail in mail so that it is archived with the list?
by kevincox 3y ago
If that was the reason it would have been best to state that in the request.
> Can I please just get the detail in mail so that it is archived with the list?
Of course you can't expect every email written to be perfect, it is generally treated as an informal medium in these settings. But stating the reason helps people understand your motives and serve them better.
- enedil 3y agoI think that hardcode kernel devs already know the reasons, and there is no point in raising it again. For you it might seem like a random requirement, but it's because of lack of familiarity.
- Szpadel 3y agoi think in that case explaination is needed even more, if you are hardcore dev, then no one need to remind you about such rule, on the other hand if you are not so familiar with those rules yet, explanation would be very helpful
- hedora 3y agoIt was completely obvious to me, and I'm not a Linux committer. Any bug of the form: Hi, I'm sending this via official channels, but see [external thing]. Is going to immediately bitrot. For instance, in stack overflow, for something like 10% of answers, you'll see people saying to explain what a link says instead of just linking.
- bonzini 3y agoThat's why you preserve everything that's useful in the commit message for the fix.