[Zlib-devel] zlib 1.2.5.1 baseline

[Mark Adler]

On Sep 11, 2011, at 10:24 AM, Maarten Bosmans wrote:
> and the three last commits
> of the currently checked out branch get send to the right email
> address (with the right configuration) as separate mails with the
> commit message above the patch.

Maarten,

My point is, to the extent that I understand git send-mail (I'm new to this git stuff), you don't get to edit the email message that is sent.  You issue the command and boom, off it goes.  All that is sent is the information included in the commit.  Right?

My preference (not demand) is that the patches be in an email with something you write preceding it that provides some context to the group.  Like why these patches should be included, what motivated you to write these patches, that I should ignore the last seven similar patches that you sent, what tangled series of unfortunate events led to the discovery of the problem and the patch, what dreadful consequences will ensue if the patch is not applied, and what amazing performance benefits will be realized when the patch is applied -- the sort of stuff that would probably not be in the commit message itself.

Mark