Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: Discuss interleaved replies

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 11:34:26AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rong Tao <rtoax@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> index eac7167dce83..3e838da8822f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -326,6 +326,29 @@ explaining difference aganst previous submission (see
>  See Documentation/process/email-clients.rst for recommendations on email
>  clients and mailing list etiquette.
>  
> +Use trimmed interleaved replies in email discussions
> +----------------------------------------------------
> +Top-posting is strongly discouraged in Linux kernel development
> +discusions. Interleaved (or "inline") replies make conversations much
> +easier to follow. For more details see:
> +https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
> +
> +As is frequently quoted on the mailing list:
> +
> +  A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
> +  Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
> +  A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> +  Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> +  A: Top-posting.
> +  Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> +
> +Similarly, please trim all unneeded quotations that aren't relevant
> +to your reply. This makes replies easier to find, and saves time and
> +space. For more details see: http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top
> +
> +  A: No.
> +  Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
> +
>  .. _resend_reminders:
>  
>  Don't get discouraged - or impatient
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 

Yes!!!

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>