linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add short author date to Fixes tag

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Message-ID: <20250110080331.04645768@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 08:03:31 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Yeking@...54.com
Cc: kuba@...nel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, "Theodore Ts'o"
 <tytso@....edu>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Andy
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add short author date to Fixes tag

On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:20:09 +0000
Yeking@...54.com wrote:

> The old Fixes tag style is at least 10 years old. It lacks date
> information, which can lead to misjudgment. So I added short author date
> to avoid this. This make it clear at a glance and reduce
> misunderstandings.

How can it lead to misjudgment? If you have two or more hashes matching, do
you really think they'll have the same subjects?

I do not plan on doing this. It's pointless.

-- Steve