[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 00/11] sched: feature enhancements

[Bruce Richardson]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 02:53:04PM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 7/22/2019 2:33 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 22/07/2019 15:22, Singh, Jasvinder:
> >> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas at monjalon.net]
> >>> PS: please make all versions replying to the cover letter of v1.
> >>
> >> For sending new version, followed suggestion from Ferruh by replying to previous version, not the first version.
> > 
> > Replying to previous version creates an unneeded indentation.
> > And, as you are replying to first patch (not cover letter),
> > it makes new version in the middle of the previous one.
> > 
> 
> Ahh, as Jasvinder said, I was always suggesting replying to first mail of the
> previous version. As long as agreed on one, I don't really mind one against other.
> 
> What is the rule now, a new version replied to first mail of *first* version?

I would not use the term "first mail" as that is ambiguous and could imply
the first patch. I always try and reply to the cover letter of the v1. That
keeps things in thread without a new level of indentation each subsequent
version.