[PATCH, v3] wwwdocs: e-mail subject lines for contributions

[Segher Boessenkool]

On Mon, Feb 03, 2020 at 01:59:58PM +0000, Richard Earnshaw (lists) wrote:
> On 03/02/2020 13:54, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> >None of this are *rules*.  We should not pretend they are.  An email
> >subject should be useful to what the receivers of that email use it for:
> >see if it very interesting to them, see if it probably not interesting
> >to them: that's the "smth: " at the start, and the PR number at the end,
> >and of course the actual subject itself, so we should not put in too
> >much fluff in the subject, there needs to be room left (in the less than
> >fifty chars total) for an actual subject :-)
> >
> >(The example in the patch does not capitalise the subject line, btw.
> >It should.)
> 
> Where does your '50 chars' limit come from?  It's not in the glibc text, 
> and it's not in the linux kernel text either.  AFAICT this is your 
> invention and you seem to be the only person proposing it.
> 
> I think the linux rule (the whole line, not including the parts that are 
> removed on commit, should not exceed 75 characters) is far more sensible 
> - which is why this draft states this.

Oh, and it's not a limit, just a strong recommendation.


Segher