linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] virtio: last minute fixup

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Message-ID: <Ynxr6JNczWFTwxVw@mit.edu>
Date:   Wed, 11 May 2022 22:07:36 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        KVM list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        mie@...l.co.jp
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] virtio: last minute fixup

On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 12:31:16PM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> > But my mailer, editor and terminal don't know what to do with a Message-Id.
> > 
> > Whereas they can all open an https link.
> > 
> > Making people paste message ids into lore to see the original submission
> > is not a win. People make enough fun of us already for still using email
> > to submit patches, let's not make their job any easier :)
> 
> Okay, I'm fine with using a dedicated trailer for this purpose, perhaps an
> "Archived-At"? That's a real header that was proposed by IETF for similar
> purposes. E.g.:
> 
>     Archived-at: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgAk3NEJ2PHtb0jXzCUOGytiHLq=rzjkFKfpiuH-SROgA@mail.gmail.com
>

I'd suggest is "Patch-Link".  Then we can also have "Bug-Link:",
"Test-Link:", etc.

"Patch-Link" is a tad bit shorter "Archived-at", and ultimately, it's
not actually not the patch which is being archived.  It's the fact
that it's a pointer to the patch review which is of most interest.

					- Ted