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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Richard Fontana <rfontana@redhat.com>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 05/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 80
Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 07:54:57 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1905240751030.1654@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC1cPGwsWF7pW6XXSJ_ARNWf8uD+e3-xTpz0KaWjzrbnkjEz9w@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, 23 May 2019, Richard Fontana wrote:
> On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 9:18 AM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 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?

You got lucky with that one. The script which picks up the Reviewed-by tags
is not biased vs. top/bottom posting. But now that you are mentioning it, I
surely could train it to detect top posting and to send nasty reminders :)

Thanks,

	tglx


  reply	other threads:[~2019-05-24  5:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-22  7:51 [patch 00/25] SPDX cleanup: batch 4 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 01/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 76 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 12:10   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-22 12:47   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 12:48   ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-23 21:04   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 02/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 77 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:14   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 14:35   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-23 21:04   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 03/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 78 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:15   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 15:22   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-23 21:06   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 04/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 79 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:08   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 15:36   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-23 21:06   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 05/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 80 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:07   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 13:18     ` Greg KH
2019-05-23 21:20       ` Allison Randal
2019-05-24  2:40         ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-24  2:21       ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-24  5:54         ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2019-05-24  5:55         ` Greg KH
2019-05-24 16:29           ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 06/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 81 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:13   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 16:42   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-23  0:43   ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-23 21:10   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 07/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 82 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:15   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 16:43   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-23  0:43   ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-23 21:11   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 08/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 83 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:13   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 21:58   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-23  0:43   ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-23 21:12   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 09/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 84 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:12   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 21:58   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-23 21:22   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 10/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 85 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:03   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 11/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 86 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:14   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:41   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 12/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 87 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:11   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 13:46     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 13/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 88 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:11   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:43   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 14/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 89 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:12   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:44   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 15/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 90 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:06   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:45   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 16/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 91 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 12:48   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:45   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 17/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 92 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:02   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 18:07     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 18/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 93 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 12:48   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:48   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 19/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 94 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:06   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:48   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 20/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 95 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:00   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:49   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 21/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 96 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 12:59   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:50   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 22/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 97 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:05   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:50   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 23/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 98 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:06   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:51   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 24/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 99 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:04   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 25/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 100 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 12:59   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 13:42     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 15:30     ` J Lovejoy
2019-05-23 22:05     ` Allison Randal

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