linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the mm tree with Linus' tree

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Date:   Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:18:49 +0100
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Charan Teja Kalla <quic_charante@...cinc.com>,
        Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivan@...hat.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the mm tree with Linus' tree

On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 12:52:27PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Feb 2023 08:13:55 +0100 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Re Link: Patches I pick up don't have Link [1] tags pointing to the
> > submission on lore as Linus had said in a discussion in 2022 that he
> > prefers to not have the lore links in the commit message at all.
> 
> Surprised.  What was his reasoning?

Sorry, it took me a while to track down the mail where he complained
about that:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220516045821-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org/T/

I generally think they are useful but I also don't have a strong opinion
on this matter.