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From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Maximilian Weigand <mweigand@mweigand.net>
Cc: tools@linux.kernel.org
Subject: Re: b4: workflow for selecting to/cc targets of individual patches
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2023 12:44:16 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230602-underarm-stuffy-e6e9fa@meerkat> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bdefe087-28a2-d541-933c-ccd743cc8b62@mweigand.net>

On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 08:57:58PM +0200, Maximilian Weigand wrote:
> My understanding (also from reading a bit in the tools archive) is that
> the cover letter should be addressed to all maintainers and mailing
> lists targeted in any of the patches, while individual patches should go
> only to the maintainers (via To:) and lists (via Cc:) they are targeted at.

My (very unscientific) polling that I held at the time when I was implementing
this suggested that pretty much all maintainers want to receive the entire
series, even if only a single patch out of 10 touches their subsystem. Seeing
the whole series allows them to better understand the patch in the context of
the larger change.

> Using b4 prep --auto-to-cc is not an option here, as all To:/CC:
> addresses in the cover letter will be used in all patches (my
> understanding, based on b4 send --dry-run tests).

I believe that you should just use this option and blame the tool if someone
complains (and I highly doubt that anyone will). :)

-K

      parent reply	other threads:[~2023-06-02 16:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-31 18:57 b4: workflow for selecting to/cc targets of individual patches Maximilian Weigand
2023-05-31 20:41 ` Nathan Chancellor
2023-06-02  8:28   ` Maximilian Weigand
2023-06-02 16:44 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev [this message]

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