Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: process: allow Closes tags with links

Matthieu Baerts
2023-03-15T18:29:05Z

Hi Jon,

On 15/03/2023 19:19, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@tessares.net> writes:
>
>> +In the same category as linking web pages, a special tag is also used to close
>> +issues but only when the mentioned ticketing system can do this operation
>> +automatically::
>> +
>> + Closes: https://example.com/issues/1234
>> +
>> +Please use this 'Closes:' tag only if it helps managing issues thanks to
>> +automations. If not, pick the 'Link:' one.
>
> So if there is a consensus for this, I can certainly apply the patch.
>
> I do think, though, that if we accept this tag, we should ask that it
> only be used for *public* trackers. A bunch of tags referring to
> internal trackers and such aren't going to be all that helpful.

Thank you for this feedback!

I agree, this should only refer to public bug trackers otherwise the
link is useless for most people.

In fact, that's what I wrote in submitting-patches.rst but I just
noticed I forgot to duplicate this into 5.Posting.rst. I can do that in
a v2 if there is no objection to allow this "Closes:" tag.

Cheers,
Matt
--
Tessares | Belgium | Hybrid Access Solutions