Dear Peter Tyser,
In message 1289168695.3511.11.camel@ptyser-laptop you wrote:
new 100% $(AR)-free version is available here:
Please post your patch on the mailing list for review.
For what its worth, Sebastien's patch is significantly larger than the 100K mailing list limit and I assume he was following the instructions at http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches.
He's been told conflicting stories about how to submit his patch - I just wanted to clarify for him (and me) what the current preferred method really is.
Well, I would at least expect a description of the patch being posted.
Something like "new 100% $(AR)-free version is available" does not tell me anything. It does not explain the rationale of the patch, nor what was changed (list of files etc.), or why. It does not even mention why the patch has not been posted.
Oh, yes, by now I reas that other posting as well, but there was no threading used, so all this was completely out of context.
Sebastien: For a new version, I expect at least to see the full commit message and diff-stat information posted (i. e. all what git format-patch gives, except the actual patch data).
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk