From: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@intel.com>
To: "bp@kernel.org" <bp@kernel.org>, "x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"bp@alien8.de" <bp@alien8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/maintainer-tip: Update Link tag rules
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:56:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <30015043cd7d5e4e74962ffa44ad2f1dd26710f7.camel@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250909135119.10420-1-bp@kernel.org>
>
> - This URL should be used when referring to relevant mailing list
> - topics, related patch sets, or other notable discussion threads.
> + This URL should be used when referring to relevant mailing list topics,
> + related patch sets, or other notable discussion threads. Do not add a Link
> + tag to simply point to the mail which became the upstream commit - the Link
> + should contain interesting and otherwise relevant information regardling
s/regardling/regarding ?
> + the evolution of the change or any related side-discussion. See
> + https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wh5AyuvEhNY9a57v-vwyr7EkPVRUKMPwj92yF_K0dJHVg@mail.gmail.com
> + for more info.
> +
> A convenient way to associate ``Link:`` trailers with the commit
> message is to use markdown-like bracketed notation, for example::
>
> +
This looks like an intended change?
> A similar approach was attempted before as part of a different
> effort [1], but the initial implementation caused too many
> regressions [2], so it was backed out and reimplemented.
> @@ -389,15 +396,6 @@ following tag ordering scheme:
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/some-msgid@here # [1]
> Link: https://bugzilla.example.org/bug/12345 # [2]
>
> - You can also use ``Link:`` trailers to indicate the origin of the
> - patch when applying it to your git tree. In that case, please use the
> - dedicated ``patch.msgid.link`` domain instead of ``lore.kernel.org``.
> - This practice makes it possible for automated tooling to identify
> - which link to use to retrieve the original patch submission. For
> - example::
> -
> - Link: https://patch.msgid.link/patch-source-message-id@here
> -
> Please do not use combined tags, e.g. ``Reported-and-tested-by``, as
> they just complicate automated extraction of tags.
>
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2025-09-09 13:51 [PATCH] Documentation/maintainer-tip: Update Link tag rules Borislav Petkov
2025-09-11 4:56 ` Huang, Kai [this message]
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