From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha•warpmail.net>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx•de>
Cc: Jeremy White <jwhite@codeweavers•com>,
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss@iguanasuicide•net>,
git@vger•kernel.org, mozeditor@floppymoose•com,
ben.bucksch@beonex•com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Enable setting attach as the default in .gitconfig for git-format-patch.
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:34:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <499022D3.3000200@drmicha.warpmail.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0902081827140.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
Johannes Schindelin venit, vidit, dixit 08.02.2009 18:28:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Jeremy White wrote:
>
>> As an aside, there is a long (and discouraging) read about the issue
>> with Thunderbird here:
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141983
>>
>> Essentially, the problem is well understood - Thunderbird uses
>> format=flowed by default, which is what mangles the patches. The author
>> of the relevant code is unmoved by arguments that the default should
>> switch, and no one has yet been willing to create a simpler UI for
>> switching the setting.
>
> I guess I'll start discouraging use of Thunderbird from now on.
...specifically for patch submission, please ;)
I'm a TB user who compiles the beast and writes extensions for it, and
yet I found git-send-email the more reliable and practical solution for
sending out patches. Put yourself in bcc and you'll have a copy in TB's
inbox or another folder (use filters).
> Seems
> that not even the opposition of a guy named Andrew Morton was clue bat
> enough.
<sarcasm style="reality: exaggerated;">
Isn't that some Linux guy? How would he matter for Mozilla? Does he even
know how to send HTML mail...
</sarcasm>
Michael
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-09 12:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-08 3:26 [PATCH v2] Enable setting attach as the default in .gitconfig for git-format-patch Jeremy White
2009-02-08 5:10 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2009-02-08 16:01 ` Jeremy White
2009-02-08 17:28 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-02-09 12:34 ` Michael J Gruber [this message]
2009-02-09 13:25 ` Ben Bucksch
2009-02-09 13:36 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-02-09 13:50 ` Michael J Gruber
2009-02-09 14:39 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2009-02-09 13:52 ` Ben Bucksch
2009-02-09 14:49 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-02-09 13:52 ` Thunderbird and patches (was Re: [PATCH v2] Enable setting attach as the default in .gitconfig for git-format-patch.) Jeremy White
2009-02-09 14:18 ` Ben Bucksch
2009-02-09 15:38 ` Jeremy White
2009-02-09 15:54 ` Michael J Gruber
2009-02-09 16:24 ` Ben Bucksch
2009-02-09 18:06 ` Jeremy White
2009-02-09 18:54 ` Brandon Casey
2009-02-09 19:09 ` Ben Bucksch
2009-02-09 19:14 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-02-09 19:20 ` Ben Bucksch
2009-02-09 19:30 ` Brandon Casey
2009-02-09 19:51 ` Ben Bucksch
2009-02-09 19:59 ` Ben Bucksch
2009-02-09 21:03 ` Brandon Casey
2009-02-09 21:07 ` Brandon Casey
2009-02-09 22:01 ` Ben Bucksch
2009-02-09 22:13 ` Brandon Casey
2009-02-09 22:25 ` Ben Bucksch
2009-02-09 22:28 ` Brandon Casey
2009-02-09 22:46 ` Ben Bucksch
2009-02-10 1:00 ` Brandon Casey
2009-02-09 19:33 ` Brandon Casey
2009-02-09 20:09 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-02-10 10:07 ` Michael J Gruber
2009-02-12 4:37 ` Thunderbird and patches Miles Bader
2009-02-12 10:07 ` Michael J Gruber
2009-02-09 19:22 ` Thunderbird and patches (was Re: [PATCH v2] Enable setting attach as the default in .gitconfig for git-format-patch.) Brandon Casey
2009-02-09 19:00 ` [PATCH] example patch corrupted by thunderbird Brandon Casey
2009-02-09 15:49 ` Thunderbird and patches (was Re: [PATCH v2] Enable setting attach as the default in .gitconfig for git-format-patch.) Michael J Gruber
2009-02-09 22:39 ` Thunderbird and patches Ben Bucksch
2009-02-09 22:55 ` Jeremy White
2009-02-09 23:01 ` Ben Bucksch
2009-02-10 1:41 ` [PATCH v2] Enable setting attach as the default in .gitconfig for git-format-patch Junio C Hamano
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-02-12 15:51 Jeremy White
2009-02-12 21:01 ` Junio C Hamano
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