Re: In defense of Link (was Re: [b4] initial "b4 dig" to supplant Link: trailers)

[Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 10:27:09AM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
> <vbabka@kernel.org> wrote:
> > That's all nice and everything Jason, but Linus has been very clear on this,
> > so it's just beating a dead horse now.
> 
> My problem isn't with dropping Link, it's with not having a
> replacement and messing up the workflow of >1 people. I'm not calling
> for civil disobedience or anything :) but it's not like Linus hasn't
> ever been wrong.

Note that my understanding was that Linus wasn't against the use of
Link but against its use to point to the series while he hoped to find
extra information there, making it sort of a misleading use. That's
why I think that placing another tag for those who value it makes
sense and should not disturb him. It's not a matter of disobedience
but making sure everyone finds the info they need at the right place
without wasting time trying irrelevant links nor digging everywhere.
Linus is not the only consumer of trailer tags, but he definitely is
one. Let's just find something that makes everyone happy (i.e. link
for extra info and something else for patch series).

Willy