Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] Prefer lore.kernel.org and explain Link: tags better

Thorsten Leemhuis
2021-10-13T04:37:30Z

[sorry, once again I have to sent it a second time, as vger rejected it;
thunderbird once again messed for some reason used
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit" then it should have used 8bit; I tried
to track this down by sending mails to myself, but then it sets 8bit
correctly when needed :-/ ]

On 12.10.21 22:03, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> writes:
>
>> Lo! The regression tracking bot I'm working on can automatically mark an
>> entry as resolved, if the commit message of the fix uses a 'Link' tag to
>> the report. Many developers already place them, but it afaics would
>> improve matters to make this more explicit. Especially as I had missed
>> the modified section myself at first, as I simply grepped for 'Link:'
>> and only found an explanation in configure-git.rst.
>>
>> Konstantin after posting v1 suggested to use lore.kernel.org instead or
>> lkml.kernel.org, which made me add a patch to realize this everywhere in
>> the docs.
>>
>> v2:
>> - slightly reword after suggestiones from Konstantin (thx!)
>> - make this a patch series with an preparatory patch that does
>> s!lkml.kernel.org!lore.kernel.org! everywhere in the docs
>>
>> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/7dff33afec555fed0bf033c910ca59f9f19f22f1.1633537634.git.linux@leemhuis.info/
>> - initial version
>>
>> Ciao, Thorsten
>>
>> Thorsten Leemhuis (2):
>> docs: use the lore redirector everywhere
>
> OK, I've applied this one, thanks.

Thx!

>> docs: submitting-patches: make section about the Link: tag more
>> explicit

Yeah, totally fine.

> There was a comment on this one, so I've not (yet) applied it.
>
> FWIW, I, too, have the Link: tags put in automatically when I apply a
> patch, as Jani described; it's a simple hook in
> .git/hooks/applypatch-msg. That seems worth mentioning here more than
> instructions on how to construct the link - I doubt many people do it
> manually.

Well, that is already explained in
Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst afaics -- which is the better
place afaics, as that is something maintainers should do, and not
something people should do when submitting a patch.

Ciao, Thorsten