On Wednesday 04 May 2005 18:50, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 11:16:54AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On 5/4/05, Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 3 May 2005, Greg KH wrote: > > > > Just a short note to know that I'll probably not be sending any kind > > > > of ACK message out to the mailing list anymore when I apply patches > > > > to my tree. Instead, the patch submitter will get a message when it > > > > gets applied, that contains a bunch of info about what patch it was, > > > > and others that they have pending in my tree. > > > > > > > > I'm doing this as I had been generating those "applied, thanks" > > > > emails by hand, and have been getting tired of them, and I know that > > > > some people were getting annoyed by this type of message (so much so > > > > that they generated procmail filters to keep from having to see > > > > them.) > > > > > > Shucks, I liked those "applied, thanks" messages. Terse and > > > to-the-point. > > > > Especially true if there was a discussion WRT the patch(es). Sometimes > > it is nice to know if series have finally made it in even if you are > > not the author. > > If you are cc: on the patch, you should be getting an announcement about > it. And if you have any questions if a patch went in or not, please > feel free to ask.
I'm just a end-user/non-usb programmer, and I like those messages too :) It's much easier to follow if a patch has been accepted or not. YMMV. -- Regards, Christian Iversen
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