Re: [PATCH] format-patch: make cover letters always text/plain

2018-05-01 Thread brian m. carlson
On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 09:53:33PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 8:02 PM, brian m. carlson > wrote: > > When formatting a series of patches using --attach and --cover-letter, > > the cover letter lacks the closing MIME boundary, violating RFC 2046. > > Certain clients, such

Re: [PATCH] format-patch: make cover letters always text/plain

2018-04-30 Thread Eric Sunshine
On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 8:02 PM, brian m. carlson wrote: > When formatting a series of patches using --attach and --cover-letter, > the cover letter lacks the closing MIME boundary, violating RFC 2046. > Certain clients, such as Thunderbird, discard the message body in such a > case. > > Since the

[PATCH] format-patch: make cover letters always text/plain

2018-04-30 Thread brian m. carlson
When formatting a series of patches using --attach and --cover-letter, the cover letter lacks the closing MIME boundary, violating RFC 2046. Certain clients, such as Thunderbird, discard the message body in such a case. Since the cover letter is just one part and sending it as multipart/mixed is n