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The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-822896925-1620231036=:50 Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-ID: Hi =C3=86var, On Thu, 29 Apr 2021, =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28 2021, Derrick Stolee wrote: > > > On 4/28/2021 12:26 PM, =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason wrote: > >> Simplify the setup code in repo-settings.c in various ways, making th= e > >> code shorter, easier to read, and requiring fewer hacks to do the sam= e > >> thing as it did before: > > > > [...] > > Since I've committed to reviewing the FS Monitor code, I'd prefer if > > this patch (or maybe its v2, since this is here already) be sent as > > a top-level message so it can be discussed independently. > > As a practical matter I think any effort I make to accommodate your > request will be dwarfed by your own starting of a sub-thread on > E-Mail/MUA nuances :) > > When [1] was brought up the other day (showing that I'm probably not the > best person to ask about on-list In-Reply-To semantics) I was surprised > to find that we don't have much (if any) explicit documentation about > In-Reply-To best practices. [...] > > 1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2103191540330.57@tvgsbe= jvaqbjf.bet/ I find it a bit disingenous to reference my complaint about your disconnected cover letter (which _definitely_ belongs with the patches for which it covers) with the practice of hiding patches or patch series deep in a thread discussion an (lengthy!) patch series, _especially_ if it threatens to totally conflict with that patch series and thereby disrupt the flow. Couldn't you hold off with your patch for a while, instead help FSMonitor get over the finish line, and _then_ submit that simplification of repo-settings? That would be constructive, from my perspective. Ciao, Dscho --8323328-822896925-1620231036=:50--