[PATCH]: Optional explanation for options

Jan Hudec bulb at ucw.cz
Mon Sep 19 08:18:04 BST 2005


On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 14:05:37 -0700, Robey Pointer wrote:
> We've found out the hard way that some mail transports don't preserve  
> whitespace correctly, which will invalidate a bzr changeset by  
> ruining the SHA1 digest.

Mail _transport_ agents? Wow, that's sick.

But, um, that'd mean they mess up attachments as well, since the only
distinction between 'body' and 'attachments' is the Content-Disposition
and Content-Type, where many MUAs will fill text/plain for patches anyway.
Or does the broken MTA only cripple non-MIME messages?

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						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb at ucw.cz>
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