On Tue, 2018-03-06 at 13:36 -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:

I've heard that some maintainers are moving away from cover letters,
since they are not include in the git repo and are lost.  I've seen
Andrew Morton cut and paste the cover letter in the first patch
description of the patch set.

When I contribute code, the cover letter helps me to do the Right
Thing.. Taking the time to write a proper cover letter helps to do a
"mental exercise" that

1. The changes make sense in the first place.
2. Only the necessary is done, not more or less.

Even for a small patch set the time used to write the cover letter
will pay off because it helps the maitainer to make a fair and
educated decision.

/Jarkko
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