On Tue, 08 Dec 2015 21:30:03 +0100 Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> wrote:
> 2015-12-08 20:29, Jan Viktorin: > > (I considered to not add the cover-letter as this is just a single small > > patch. > > I hope it does not matter a lot. Is there any convention how to do this?) > > The main interest of splitting patches or adding a cover letter it to have > a place to explain the changes. When you have several changes, they deserve > several patches to provide an accurate explanation. In such case, you may > need a cover letter to describe the global idea of the series. A cover letter > is also helpful for mail threading and acking all the series. > When you have only one change, one email is enough. That's good. Should there be a way how to separate the "inline-cover" and the commit? > > John, should we add this explanation in the contributing guide? -- Jan Viktorin E-mail: Viktorin at RehiveTech.com System Architect Web: www.RehiveTech.com RehiveTech Brno, Czech Republic
