On Mar 3, 2016, at 11:49 AM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 03/03/2016 09:32 AM, Programmingkid wrote: >>> I know you've expressed frustrations that you don't have 'git >>> send-email' configured correctly; have you tried trouble-shooting it on >>> IRC with the #git folks? Chances are, someone else is in the same boat >>> as you and has figured out the right settings to use. >> >> Well I spend several hours yesterday doing a lot of things suggested online. >> I even upgraded my version of git to 2.7.2. This was still not enough. It >> looks like something else that git depends on is the problem. >> >>> >>> In fact, a quick google search shows: >>> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=git+send-email+setup+for+gmail >>> https://coderwall.com/p/dp-gka/setting-up-git-send-email-with-gmail >> >> I did a lot of google searching yesterday on this problem. I much rather >> spend my time working to better QEMU than on some git feature I rather not >> use. > > But getting 'git send-email' IS making a better qemu, and is time > well-spent. Consider - there are well over 100 readers of this list. > Saving 1 minute of reader's time is therefore worth 100 minutes of your > time, if you want your patches to be quickly applied. We're serious > about our offers to help you get your environment set up correctly so > that you can quit wasting our time with one-off submissions that are > very difficult to work with, so that we can spend more time reviewing > your patches proper rather than your submission habits.
Very interesting response. I didn't think about it that way.