From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, T_DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52866C072B5 for ; Fri, 24 May 2019 05:55:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11BC32184E for ; Fri, 24 May 2019 05:55:37 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1558677337; bh=uCqP+JeX6K/BNS5w0lqiX+ptUbJlGzucAOdW6IUIom4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=k3O48pEIKOBnijJJpoKvcsZfFEYfyY5xDsfM7nijRi0kTCS4e8suU4TbqV+FpKxux SdPEMqK76DytMp2ed5jcxH54tQYYTEoeSph8UyQdUVOIuuCMqpEUr/7ZUim6985UFg 5aLqfPqOdn25auqDZU+h4bQNgMjwXysLNZWAaG0Y= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2387703AbfEXFzg (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 May 2019 01:55:36 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:38648 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2387584AbfEXFzg (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 May 2019 01:55:36 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B13D82081C; Fri, 24 May 2019 05:55:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1558677335; bh=uCqP+JeX6K/BNS5w0lqiX+ptUbJlGzucAOdW6IUIom4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=zNhi9wpZWCiMgVepE4FKlO8q8sRfiY0navL/xHs42hu/GJpnjDB/EAxck2stE3zMy IBxBVBYN8J3Bo/UDv6YwJPO+82UydD5Yf/GDfTzXHsg425QKZz7BOy2qJn5MDFYO28 RaAHMCVm3XaB8xORBPXFRRXHYwlpUrLA8tQ04FAY= Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 07:55:32 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Richard Fontana Cc: Thomas Gleixner , linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 05/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 80 Message-ID: <20190524055532.GA2428@kroah.com> References: <20190520075121.768803433@linutronix.de> <20190520075211.039040246@linutronix.de> <20190522131836.GA28920@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.4 (2019-03-13) Sender: linux-spdx-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 10:21:57PM -0400, Richard Fontana wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 9:18 AM Greg KH wrote: > > > Also: > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > A: Top-posting. > > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > > A: No. > > Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? > > > > http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top > > I come from the bottom-posting tradition and resisted top-posting for > years, so I am pleased that top-posting is not appropriate for this > list. (At least one other person reading this list may remember that > the Harvey Birdman Rule [1] (in the process of being rebranded the > Hindering Backchannels Rule) had a very strong anti-top-posting > component in its original version, but this proved to be excessively > harsh in practice and was modified appropriately.) > > I assume it's okay to put the "Reviewed-by:" at the top of the reply though? It's not the nicest, as you should trim the email and not quote the whole large patch, but we can live with it for now. thanks, greg k-h