[Intel-gfx] [PATCH i-g-t v5 0/7] CRC testing with Chamelium improvements

Daniel Vetter daniel at ffwll.ch
Thu Jul 20 12:41:59 UTC 2017


On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Paul Kocialkowski
<paul.kocialkowski at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-07-20 at 12:39 +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> For future reference, please post new versions of the entire series as
>> new threads. When posting new versions of just some individual
>> patches,
>> in-reply-to each patch being replaced is fine. I think this is more
>> clear, and also gives patchwork a better chance to apply the right
>> patches for testing (not that it does igt CI, but that might change).
>
> Quoting Lyude from an earlier exchange:
>  * When you're doing a new revision of a patch series, it's helpful to
>    keep it in the same email thread as the original v1 so it's easier
>    to keep track of in people's mail clients (as well as avoiding
>    accidentally reviewing older patch versions.
>
> I actually prefer it your way (posting as new threads), so I suppose
> I'll do that in the future, if Lyude doesn't have any strong objection
> about it.

Yeah, new patch series = new thread, otherwise patchwork doesn't pick
it up. I know that some people like to in-reply-to the previous thread
to link stuff up, but that doesn't work with patchwork and CI.

Another reason why mailing lists aren't awesome, but that's what we're
stuck with for now.
-Daniel
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