Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] [4/4] Discuss how to better prevent backports of commits that turn out to cause regressions

Geert Uytterhoeven
2024-06-17T17:11:38Z

Hi Konstantin,

On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 6:57 PM Konstantin Ryabitsev
<konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 06:14:48PM GMT, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > > - Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240617-arboreal-industrious-hedgehog-5b84ae@meerkat
> > > - Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20240617-arboreal-industrious-hedgehog-5b84ae@meerkat # patch
> >
> > Two questions:
> >
> > 1) just one is needed, right? (should go without saying, but still)
>
> Yes, either-or. I just need to know which link takes me to the original patch.
>
> > 2) Is the "/r/MESSAGE-ID" format (https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240617-arboreal-industrious-hedgehog-5b84ae@meerkat)
> > not valid or deprecated?
>
> It's valid, but /r/ has been unnecessary for ages.

Care to update
https://docs.kernel.org/maintainer/configure-git.html?highlight=lore.kernel.org/r/?

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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