Re: note to reviewers: reply to the original email

On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> A note to reviewers participating in the commit fests:  When you send a
> review of a patch, reply to the email that contains the patch.  Do no
> start a new email thread like "Review of 'Some Patch'".  This is
> important for several reasons:

Might want to change the example
(http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/1247855889.6125.6.camel@lapdragon)in:

https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Reviewing_a_Patch

It shows the behavior you do not want :)

>
> - It maintains the integrity of the email archives.  The commit fest app
> is supposed to track discussions, not be a participating link in the
> discussions.
>
> - It makes sure the right people get your review.  If you start a new
> thread, worst case, no one participating in the original thread will see
> your email.  This is especially true if the original thread and the
> commit fest entry have different titles, and you don't even CC the patch
> author on your review.
>
> If you don't have the original email in your email client, at least
> doctor up the subject line so it looks like a reply, so that email
> clients can do a reasonable job sorting the two threads together.  Yes,
> email is stupid.
>
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