linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] docs: recommend using Link: whenever using Reported-by:

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Message-ID: <87ttzc40y9.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:49:02 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, regressions@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] docs: recommend using Link: whenever using Reported-by:

Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info> writes:

> Encourage developers to place Link: tag pointing to the report when they
> are using Reported-by: tags. Those links are often extremely useful for
> any code archaeologist that wants to know more about the backstory of a
> change than the commit message provides. That includes maintainers
> higher up in the patch-flow hierarchy, which is why Linus asks
> developers to add such links [1, 2, 3]. To quote [1]:

Applied, thanks.

jon