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 10:48:40AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Let me cite from the thread :):
> > We're not adding garbage that I'm "supposed to ignore".

Yeah but he was already angry and pissed off when saying this, that
doesn't count. After all this time we all know how it is, and it's
human to overreact from time to time when having multiple people in
front of you asking for the same thing. Linus is a reasonable person
who values efficiency, and if something that costs him nothing can
improve his contributors' efficiency and quality, I don't think he
would reject it once he's convinced it really has a positive effect
overall. The point clearly is not to mix what he wants to visit
(e.g. a paper explaining the background for some work) and the link
to the submitted series.

Willy