Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote on Tue, 21 Aug 2018 08:39 -0400:
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 6:43 AM, Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
> > jon_at_beniston.com wrote on Tue, 21 Aug 2018 09:40 +0100:
> > Your MUA seems to have mangled the patch. The easiest way to avoid this
> > is to send patches as attachments named *.txt.
>
> Sending attachments for other people to open can get.... well, it can
> get confusing, and it makes the patch tough for people to review
> without downloading the patch. Is there any compelling reason not to
> do *both*? And, since it's a patch file, not to send it as a
> "filename.patch" attachment?
The reason for advising .txt in preference to .patch is to ensure the
attachment's MIME type will be text/*, which in turn will make the
recipient's MUA show the attachment without the recipient having to take
a manual step.
Received on 2018-08-21 14:50:09 CEST