Re: Formatting problem send_mail in version 2.10.0

From: Larry Finger <larry.finger@lwfinger.net>
Date: Oct 12, 2016, 04:28 UTC
Message-ID: <b8f93bf9-bfa5-2405-437e-6bf9abf77c87@lwfinger.net>
In-Reply-To: <vpq4m4iamfs.fsf@anie.imag.fr>

On 10/11/2016 11:18 AM, Matthieu Moy wrote:

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> Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> writes:
>
>> That added information at the end is intended to be passed on to the
>> stable group. In this case, the patch needs to be applied to kernel
>> versions 4.8 and later.
>
> OK, but where do people fetch this information from?

This format is used in a patch for the kernel. When the patch is merged into mainline, stable@vger.kernel.org gets sent an E-mail with a copy of the original patch. Maintainers of the indicated systems then merge the patch with their stable version.

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> When you use git send-email, the content of the Cc: trailers ends up
> both in the body of the message and in the Cc: field of the same
> message.
>
> If you need the mention to appear in the body of the message, then using
> parenthesis is fine: git send-email won't remove it (more precisely,
> "send-email" will call "format-patch" which won't remove it).
>
> Not an objection to patching send-email anyway, but if there's a simple
> and RFC-compliant way to do what you're looking for, we can as well use
> it (possibly in addition to patching).

I do not want it in the body of the message. I just want to pass a hint to the stable maintainer(s).

As noted earlier, this has worked for a very long time, and I think the previous behavior should be restored.

Larry