linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Documentation: best practices for using Link trailers

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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:13:08 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>, Kees Cook
 <kees@...nel.org>
Cc: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@...il.com>, "David S. Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski
 <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 ksummit@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Documentation: best practices for using Link
 trailers

Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 02:07:44PM GMT, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 02:24:07PM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
>> > +   This URL should be used when referring to relevant mailing list
>> > +   topics, related patch sets, or other notable discussion threads.
>> > +   A convenient way to associate ``Link:`` trailers with the commit
>> > +   message is to use markdown-like bracketed notation, for example::
>> > ...
>> > +     Link: https://lore.kernel.org/some-msgid@here # [1]
>> > +     Link: https://bugzilla.example.org/bug/12345  # [2]
>> 
>> Why are we adding the extra "# " characters? The vast majority of
>> existing Link tags don't do this:
>
> That's just convention. In general, the hash separates the trailer from the
> comment:
>
>     Trailer-name: actual-trailer-body # comment
>

Did we ever come to a conclusion on this?  This one character seems to
be the main source of disagreement in this series, I'm wondering if I
should just apply it and let the painting continue thereafter...?

jon