From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752754AbaBVWj7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Feb 2014 17:39:59 -0500 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:37755 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751213AbaBVWj6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Feb 2014 17:39:58 -0500 Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 23:39:47 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Josh Triplett Cc: Randy Dunlap , 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: <20140222223947.GB2534@pd.tnic> References: <6f68169828300d32c4266a6d68c5fcf272dfea33.1393099913.git.josh@joshtriplett.org> <02737d618daecb42e33308ce5dabd53ed3cf14f3.1393099913.git.josh@joshtriplett.org> <53091D26.4020900@infradead.org> <20140222223038.GA4643@thin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140222223038.GA4643@thin> 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 02:30:38PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > 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. Yeah, maybe you should say: "If the patch follows from a mailing list discussion, give a URL to the mailing list archive; use the https://lkml.kernel.org/ (usage examples at that very URL) ... " so that it is crystal clear. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. --