From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DCD7527A914; Wed, 14 May 2025 18:55:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1747248925; cv=none; b=TMX3JUVxt9PiBC6vBIFhtz7cMdNMuOvRV4pB4UbnrgYVndQU1Dr0IpsqOch748rtBr3Y6VtpFNE0w8SZoRExzcuVINHDYHqLqhV8I/JcnB5QWumae9Tf22FDF9HVz89NukqdjKxI8GjQ+JUr+OTS1c5QgxZR2zQZS+qOnlaY6W8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1747248925; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Dd1AbBJnN/eobVfbg16kvz/0BKo+XOYNcMxSAbROsnU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=MeCR59k+5yzpV//yVobdomUKxVfiIhDRF9xt6xJ6rffMklKAicrnnWD1VH/ZyuEr0ggudi/XOPkWXsKm4il2Lx/+3hlv4yKH8JMQJZv+Uvvcp17jJiUJsC3zSuvTBtY6RhDe5mXh8y+xGUAx4R6RF43ehY05NXWz0mcj7JDU8pg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=CoxdR9vO; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="CoxdR9vO" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 7688B4107B DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1747248914; bh=qusa+C5EMMyC7j+Dkx9wlnXabaGtwDCwcq+bgHcJ2YE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=CoxdR9vOfNppadw8zY6V1IiRBCzhQKTiEWiU5qwtYHqnJjIC+8olI8FSjQE/vpCmf Qb6dtKVgd0XFTXU41YtWx6xfl4JLtCOX5j61t2VzJ2V39dcT90Sk2+oP8Cn0CSj/fb PVQ/X9FXzARIh29dRawtxGKyR55d3UMVyaQh/Sa43JBG7tWklseGmmCajEs/aBBDbV DK6WRTeknzumAI3qQe84XbeMIVZ084tM+FKgQdYqDsHn0jN/d4TA/PEzIlZw5oRvYG kdWITstrgbo0vIEq0roAsMwF2+u6fk2gryuWPNETak8JSgVJGPlwqpE5OT+aHL8ndT qkAtmekorzbSg== Received: from localhost (mdns.lwn.net [45.79.72.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7688B4107B; Wed, 14 May 2025 18:55:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Alexey Dobriyan , Greg KH Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] CodingStyle: make Documentation/CodingStyle into symlink In-Reply-To: References: <20250509203430.3448-1-adobriyan@gmail.com> <87frhcsrva.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> <77f03295-df5d-4bc0-9a61-5be829969662@p183> <2025051203-secluded-emphases-1c76@gregkh> Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 12:55:10 -0600 Message-ID: <87sel7nhtd.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Alexey Dobriyan writes: > I never liked cover letters because they don't get captured in > the commit messages so why bother. FWIW, if a cover letter contains useful information, I capture it in a merge commit that brings in the rest. I think I'm far from the only one who does that... jon