Updated Contribution Checklist - Preference for plain text emails.

[Andreas K. Huettel]

Am Freitag, 8. Mai 2026, 18:47:36 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb Florian Weimer:
> * Carlos O'Donell:
> 
> > Developers,
> >
> > I added a section on "Plain text emails" under "Emailing your patch" here:
> > https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Contribution%20checklist#Plain_text_emails
> >
> > This section states a preference for plain text emails, which avoids problems
> > with CI/CD systems or spam detection.
> 
> Is it okay to send patches as attachments?  Technically that's MIME as
> well and not really “plain text”.  Maybe this should say “non-HTML
> email” instead?

Does patchwork handle that correctly?

> 
> Thanks,
> Florian
> 


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