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=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no 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 40CF1CA9EB5 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2019 17:41:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19E5120869 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2019 17:41:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728287AbfKDRlE (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Nov 2019 12:41:04 -0500 Received: from mail-oi1-f177.google.com ([209.85.167.177]:37901 "EHLO mail-oi1-f177.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727469AbfKDRlE (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Nov 2019 12:41:04 -0500 Received: by mail-oi1-f177.google.com with SMTP id v186so14874719oie.5 for ; Mon, 04 Nov 2019 09:41:02 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=g9Dk4C8/H68luIPgcAPO5Ke6o1o/p+dGMaq4z+03Nmk=; b=d44NbWTXMGA5allvpqsQdDGOnoQnbzsnwCZcKfDJ7/l/TGLXA6S/uNXPsQnKID9H2e BjURT5xuTPQLept+9S1rbfJIU+nl7PD1Of9jjgP2PI6aXilof1azCQDUjiwMgnJ3tv18 hRpBDhobWzt2niMWM0DKPp4DzCpLo3TgXbf8l23pR8L/rFRNNlkaD1olZOhqo+ABQxtn mrg+rfDgbX/kX8S+XciERIyaLtXK1k/C7uTvkvMOLwsvADvvjUy8q9Ym5rlJH+Hxf8Gj yfPmSPilRwLwMGpz23DeWQptHgaZErOP09nBbkF9ZWPIPudCVyGudcmmm2YA102UmnUM SLCQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUj3C9aj/b3VGGRwDpDgmA/KmtbNx/28iMrj9OQG4RYlN/2uruu lXOmVIwZ3f2YBPVHHMEQNOIgLkQs4aVSldmc5FU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyU2Awk9ecATtT9mZzVrn9bprMa/ocvHFJF823Zjf8ZAP+TICU0VXCQcCtPqT0t0lifCv3Yz7CMJYMn/G4SoSY= X-Received: by 2002:aca:3a86:: with SMTP id h128mr188420oia.131.1572889262202; Mon, 04 Nov 2019 09:41:02 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20191101022746.GA25491@dcvr> <20191101090456.GD2671695@kroah.com> <20191104131310.GE28764@mit.edu> <87sgn37l2t.fsf@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <87sgn37l2t.fsf@intel.com> From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 18:40:51 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: patch attachments still unwelcome? To: Jani Nikula Cc: Dmitry Vyukov , "Theodore Y. Ts'o" , Greg KH , Eric Wong , workflows@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: workflows-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org Hi Jani, On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 3:52 PM Jani Nikula wrote: > Typically you'd have a multipart/mixed MIME message with several parts > of various Content-Types. In this case presumably text/plain, but > text/x-diff is not out of the question for patches. Also seen a lot of > application/octet-stream for logs. > > You can give a *hint* to the recipient MUA on how to interpret each part > by setting Content-Disposition: attachment or inline. Bottom line, > whether you can control that in your MUA, and whether the recipient MUA > actually respects that is anyone's guess. > > For fun, this multipart message contains three parts, the one you're > reading, and two additional parts, one of which should be inline and the > other one an attachment. So the Gmail web interface shows both as attachments, but can show the contents when I click on them. The Gmail Android app shows both as attachments, and forces me to download the attachments to read them, using a selected app. Ergo, no attachments is the safest. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds