Re: thoughts on a Merge Request based development workflow

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 5:17 PM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 10:51:23 -0400
> "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
> > (a) It's meant for a tree that has its own mailing list, but some
> > people cc LKML anyway, on general principles.  Since very few people
> > read LKML, it's kinda pointless, but people do it anyway.
>
> I prefer this method, as I'm not subscribed on every mailing list, but
> am with LKML. It makes it a lot easier for me to see threads when I get
> Cc'd on a patch thread that's from another mailing list. It's much
> easier for me to find the thread in my LKML folder, than to have to
> search archives someplace else. Although, lore.kernel.org is making
> this better.

+1

That's also why I sometimes report regressions as replies to emails from
git-commits-head, as that may be the only emails about the subject I do have
in my mbox.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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