From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752796AbaBVWat (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Feb 2014 17:30:49 -0500 Received: from relay5-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.197]:56278 "EHLO relay5-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751877AbaBVWas (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Feb 2014 17:30:48 -0500 X-Originating-IP: 50.43.14.201 Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:30:38 -0800 From: Josh Triplett To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Andrew Morton , Borislav Petkov , Rob Landley , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/3] SubmittingPatches: Add recommendation for mailing list references Message-ID: <20140222223038.GA4643@thin> References: <6f68169828300d32c4266a6d68c5fcf272dfea33.1393099913.git.josh@joshtriplett.org> <02737d618daecb42e33308ce5dabd53ed3cf14f3.1393099913.git.josh@joshtriplett.org> <53091D26.4020900@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <53091D26.4020900@infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 01:56:54PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 02/22/2014 12:12 PM, Josh Triplett wrote: > > SubmittingPatches already mentions referencing bugs fixed by a commit, > > but doesn't mention citing relevant mailing list discussions. Add a > > note to that effect, along with a recommendation to use the > > https://lkml.kernel.org/ redirector. > > > > Portions based on text from git's SubmittingPatches. > > > > Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett > > Acked-by: Borislav Petkov > > --- > > Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 10 +++++++++- > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > > index c74e73c..53e6590 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > > +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > > @@ -112,7 +112,15 @@ to do frotz", as if you are giving orders to the codebase to change > > its behaviour. > > > > If the patch fixes a logged bug entry, refer to that bug entry by > > -number and URL. > > +number and URL. If the patch follows from a mailing list discussion, > > +give a URL to the mailing list archive; use the https://lkml.kernel.org/ > > +redirector with a Message-Id, to ensure that the links cannot become > > +stale. > > Some of us don't know what that looks like. > Could we have an example? https://lkml.kernel.org/ provides examples; I didn't want to duplicate that documentation. - Josh Triplett