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

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Message-ID: <4822168e-85a5-e507-9429-21d9a222406c@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:00:35 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....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
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: process: allow Closes tags with links

On 3/16/23 00:44, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
> +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.
> +

What about:

```
Similarly, there is also "Closes:" tag that can be used to close issues when
the underlying tracker can do this operation automatically. For example::

    Closes: <issue link>

For other trackers keep using "Link:" tag instead.
```
?

> +Note that it might be interesting to use the 'Closes:' tag instead of 'Link:'
> +if the URL points to an issue from public bug tracker that can automatically
> +close tickets when such patches containing this tag is accepted upstream. For
> +example::
> +
> +    Closes: https://example.com/issues/1234
> +

This one LGTM.

Thanks.

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