Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote on Tue, 21 Aug 2018 08:39 -0400: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 6:43 AM, Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> > wrote: > > j...@beniston.com wrote on Tue, 21 Aug 2018 09:40 +0100: > > Your MUA seems to have mangled the patch. The easiest way to avoid this > > is to send patches as attachments named *.txt. > > Sending attachments for other people to open can get.... well, it can > get confusing, and it makes the patch tough for people to review > without downloading the patch. Is there any compelling reason not to > do *both*? And, since it's a patch file, not to send it as a > "filename.patch" attachment?
The reason for advising .txt in preference to .patch is to ensure the attachment's MIME type will be text/*, which in turn will make the recipient's MUA show the attachment without the recipient having to take a manual step.
