Re: Why not "attach" patches?

Davide Libenzi (davidel@xmailserver.org)
Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:29:54 -0800 (PST)


On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Alan Cox wrote:

> > all tools will see as a normal body), I simply WILL NOT apply it unless
> > I have strong reason to. I usually wont even bother looking at it,
> > unless I expected something special from the sender.
> >
> > Really. Don't send patches as attachments.
>
> BTW: If you are sending me anything DO use attachments. Especially if you
> use any of the following, which seem to have some versions that mangle
> inline diffs
>
> Lotus Notes
> Pine
> Kmail
> Mozilla
> Netscape
> MS Outlook

Pine works fine here if you use ^R

- Davide

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