On Thu, 2019-10-03 at 08:09 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2019-10-03 at 15:47 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Wed, 2019-10-02 at 14:36 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2019-10-02 at 20:06 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > > 3.16.75-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > > 
> > > This doesn't look necessary.
> > 
> > It allows the next patch to apply cleanly.
> 
> Perhaps when you pick patches that are unnecessary
> for any other reason but to allow easier picking of
> actual fixes, the nominal unnecessary patches could
> be marked as necessary for follow-on patches.

I have been doing that lately, but just forgot to do so for this patch.

> Also, when you send these patch series, please use
> an email delay of at least 1 second between each
> entry in the series as the threading is otherwise
> poor in various email clients when sorting by time.

The dates are actually generated before I send them, but I can probably
arrange to override them.  Thanks for the suggestion.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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