On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 01:37:35PM +0000, Dave Page wrote:
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> Then someone will complain if their patch is 2.1MB! How often are messages
> legitimately over 1MB anyway, even with a patch? I don't usually moderate
> -hackers, so I don't know if this is a common thing or not.
It's not common, most people send compressed versions.
Also, gigantic patchsets tend to be hard to maintain and rot pretty fast, so
authors also sometimes maintain a branch on some external repository and just
send newer versions on the ML infrequently.
