linux-kernel - Re: Why not make LKML-Reference useful?

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Date:	Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:47:12 +0200
From:	Johannes Stezenbach <js@...21.net>
To:	Lin Ming <lin@...g.vg>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Why not make LKML-Reference useful?

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 05:52:26PM +0800, Lin Ming wrote:
> What's LKML-Reference in the kernel git log?
> In my understanding, it's a link to the original discussion of the
> patch on LKML, for example
> 
> LKML-Reference: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128445596126705&w=2
> 
> But I never see such a link in the LKML-Reference of the git log.
> 
> $cd linux-2.6
> $git log | grep LKML-Reference
> 
>     LKML-Reference: <201008300127.o7U1RC6Z044051@...262.sakura.ne.jp>
>     LKML-Reference: <20100913102541.20260.85700.stgit@...236.sdl.hitachi.co.jp>
>     LKML-Reference: <20100913121903.GB22238@...kstar>
> ......
> 
> Those LKML-Reference are really useless.
> 
> Why not put a link in LKML-Reference?

Marc and Gmane allow search by Message-ID:

e.g.

>     LKML-Reference: <20100913121903.GB22238@...kstar>

http://marc.info/?i=20100913121903.GB22238@darkstar
http://mid.gmane.org/20100913121903.GB22238@darkstar


HTH,
Johannes
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