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Re: [PATCH] Don't send copies to the From: address

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CBChristian Biesinger <cbiesinger@web.de>
Date
Feb 11, 2006, 12:33 UTC
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<43EDD9AE.70405@web.de>
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<20060211045256.GA23066@kroah.com>
Greg KH wrote:
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>> Me, personally I do not like CC: to people on the signed-off-by
>> list, but dropping a note to From: person makes perfect sense to
>> me, if it is to notify the progress of the patch.
> 
> Yes, they specifically should be notified of the progress of their
> patch.  And I like the fact that everyone else on the signed-off-by
> chain also get's cc: too.  It keeps everyone in the loop so they know
> what is going on.
I didn't break that! At least, I don't think I did, and I didn't intend to.
> Heh, getting a patch sent back to yourself this way is not a real big
> deal at all :)

Maybe... but if I send the patch to a mailing list (like this one), this means I get it twice. I guess that's already true for replies to the patch, so maybe I should just live with it...

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Message 4 of 6 in “Don't send copies to the From: address”
  1. Don't send copies to the From: addressChristian Biesinger, Feb 11, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2006
  3. Greg KHFeb 11, 2006
  4. Christian BiesingerFeb 11, 2006
  5. Christian BiesingerFeb 11, 2006
  6. Ryan AndersonFeb 13, 2006

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