linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: add Internal-reference-ID: patch tag

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Date:	Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:29:52 -0400
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
CC:	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: add Internal-reference-ID: patch tag

Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net> wrote:

>On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:09:56 -0700 H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>> On 07/31/2011 11:07 AM, Mike Waychison wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Internal-reference-ID: rdunlap.2011.0729.id1
>> >>>
>> > 
>> > Acked-by: Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>
>> > 
>> 
>> Just to avoid namespace collisions, can we at least put the owner
>> somewhere standardized, e.g. <2011.0729.id1@...nlap>, <33999@...gle>
>and
>> so on?
>
>I would prefer to leave the text contents as unspecified, but I
>wouldn't
>mind recommending that users try to make them unique, e.g., by using
>a company-ID or owner-ID.  Would that be acceptable?
>
>
>---
>~Randy
>*** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your
>code ***

No, that wouldn't work when there is more than one tag from different users.  And yes, I fully expect to see that.
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