Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Assorted improvements salvaged from an earlier series

[Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>]

Hello Eric,

On 2024-03-25 21:54, Dragan Simic wrote:
> On 2024-03-25 21:49, Eric Sunshine wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 4:41 PM Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org> 
>> wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-25 21:39, Eric Sunshine wrote:
>>> > Prose description of the changes between versions is very much welcome
>>> > by reviewers, but please also include a range-diff[1] or interdiff[2]
>>> > when preparing a reroll.
>>> 
>>> Ah, sorry, I didn't forget about that, but I just intended to start
>>> providing range-diffs for future patches.  These were more like new
>>> versions of old patches.
>> 
>> The range-diff is particularly valuable exactly for this case (new
>> versions of old patches) since it is a "diff" between the old patches
>> and the new patches. Thus, it provides reviewers with a precise
>> summary of what changed between, say, v2 and v3 of a series, and
>> manifests as a concrete representation of what your prose explanation
>> describes.
> 
> I see, and I do understand the purpose of range-diffs:  they make
> reviewing new patch versions significantly easier, by relieving the
> reviewers from the need to track down what has been changed in the
> current patch version.

As a note, I kept my promise :) and have started providing range-diffs
in patch submissions. [1]

[1] 
https://lore.kernel.org/git/e3212c0a4ad331685c68c13afcdbced20982ab32.1712364420.git.dsimic@manjaro.org/T/#u