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

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Message-Id: <20110814202322.16b50ff5.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Date:	Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:23:22 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
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

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:29:52 -0400 H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> 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.
> -- 

I guess that's a NAK or at least not consensus.
Would you like to submit an alternative?

---
~Randy
*** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
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