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| author | Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> | 2023-05-11 21:41:35 +0300 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2023-05-19 18:28:39 +0300 |
| commit | 329ac9af902e441bae13803a4d7126aaf5984188 (patch) | |
| tree | 658f5c0d539272f1e2090646411087101b647b7a /Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | |
| parent | d6534e3c86668211fc6945017396c0c0d9e7daa4 (diff) | |
| download | linux-329ac9af902e441bae13803a4d7126aaf5984188.tar.xz | |
docs: submitting-patches: Discuss interleaved replies
Top-posting has been strongly discouraged in Linux development, but this
was actually not written anywhere in the common documentation about
sending patches and replying to reviews. Add a section about trimming
and interleaved replies.
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230511184131.gonna.399-kees@kernel.org
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst index 6a919cffcbfd..9ab58a0d4fac 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst @@ -434,9 +434,10 @@ There are a few hints which can help with linux-kernel survival: questions. Some developers can get impatient with people who clearly have not done their homework. -- Avoid top-posting (the practice of putting your answer above the quoted - text you are responding to). It makes your response harder to read and - makes a poor impression. +- Use interleaved ("inline") replies, which makes your response easier to + read. (i.e. avoid top-posting -- the practice of putting your answer above + the quoted text you are responding to.) For more details, see + :ref:`Documentation/process/submittingpatches.rst <interleaved_replies>`. - Ask on the correct mailing list. Linux-kernel may be the general meeting point, but it is not the best place to find developers from all |