Re: [RFC][PATCH] update SubmittingPatches to clarify attachmentpolicy

[Rik van Riel]

On Wed, 4 May 2005, Dave Hansen wrote:

> Plus, a plain/text attachment message saved to a file can go
> into 'patch' the same way that an inline one can.

The problem is replying to an attachment.  The reason why having
the patch in the main mail body is good is that it gets quoted
by the email software and you can easily reply to individual
parts of the patch.

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