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

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 7/22/2019 2:56 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> 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.
> 

I said "first mail" to escape from mentioned ambiguity :)

If first mail is "cover letter" reply to that, if there is no cover letter,
first mail is the 1/x patch, in this case reply to that patch.
I think we are saying same thing at the end of the day.