From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Staging Drivers <linux-staging@lists.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: "Link in bio" instead of Link:/Closes: trailer
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:10:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023122129-twisty-mumble-c667@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cc276c0e-99bb-4422-9771-d864db4287cb@gmail.com>
On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 07:57:21PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On 12/21/23 18:51, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 06:15:50PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Let's say that there is a content creator who submits her first kernel
> >> patch (touching drivers/staging/ of course to get her feet wet).
> >> The patch supposes to fix a reported bug, with appropriate Fixes: tag.
> >> But instead of using Link: or Closes: tag to the actual bug report in
> >> the patch, she instead writes "Link to the bug report in my bio", as
> >> it is the norm in social media world. Here in the context, her bio is
> >> LinkedIn profile (IDK if there is a way to add arbitrary link there).
> >> The link in LinkedIn profile, when clicked, will list many links
> >> (including her usual social media campaigns and of course the bug report),
> >> which makes reviewers confused about which link to the bug report she
> >> means. In some cases, she may disambiguate by saying in the patch,
> >> "Link to the bug report no. 99", to refer to the specific link number.
> >>
> >> Is such practice a good idea?
> >
> > No.
>
> why?
Exactly, why? What problem are you trying to solve here that has
actually come up in any sort of frequency?
"Link: " is something that should be used to point to a well-known and
stable reference for any future things, like red hat's bugzilla, or
lore.kernel.org. It's not for random social-media link reputation
spamming, sorry.
The "proper" way to handle this is to have in your Linked-in, or
whatever social media site you like, a list of your committed patches in
the git.kernel.org tree, don't polute the kernel log please.
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-12-21 13:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-21 11:15 "Link in bio" instead of Link:/Closes: trailer Bagas Sanjaya
2023-12-21 11:51 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-12-21 12:57 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2023-12-21 13:10 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2023-12-21 14:13 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2023-12-23 0:42 ` Theodore Ts'o
2023-12-24 8:43 ` Bagas Sanjaya
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