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

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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:52:37 -0400
From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, 
	Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, 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

On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 05:51:47AM GMT, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> I thought it was documented, but either I was wrong or can't find it.
> But I found process/5.Posting.rst, which provides this example:
> 
>         Link: https://example.com/somewhere.html  optional-other-stuff
> 
> So no "# " there. So to avoid inconsistencies I guess this should not be
> applied, unless that document is changed as well.

This is inconsistent with every other trailer that includes comments.
Currently, there are two mechanisms to provide comments with trailers:

1:

    | Trailer-name: trailer-content # trailer-comment

2:

    | Trailer-name: trailer-content
    | [trailer-comment]

For the sake of consistency, all trailers, including Link, should use one of
these two mechanisms for "optional-other-stuff".

-K