linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: process: allow Closes tags with links

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Message-ID: <87zg8dop1f.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:19:40 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        Kai Wasserbäch <kai@....carbon-project.org>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, mptcp@...ts.linux.dev,
        Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: process: allow Closes tags with links

Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net> writes:

> +In the same category as linking web pages, a special tag is also used to close
> +issues but only when the mentioned ticketing system can do this operation
> +automatically::
> +
> +        Closes: https://example.com/issues/1234
> +
> +Please use this 'Closes:' tag only if it helps managing issues thanks to
> +automations. If not, pick the 'Link:' one.

So if there is a consensus for this, I can certainly apply the patch.

I do think, though, that if we accept this tag, we should ask that it
only be used for *public* trackers.  A bunch of tags referring to
internal trackers and such aren't going to be all that helpful.

jon