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Message-Id: <208E3D71-B2A9-4428-958F-915E6FC95D4F@amidevlab.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 19:44:05 +0530
From: Amitabh <amitabh@...devlab.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc: corbet@....net,
 workflows@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] docs: process: maintainer-pgp-guide: update kernel.org
 docs link

Hi Geert,

Hope this clarifies.

> On 5 Feb 2026, at 6:53 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Amitabh,
> 
> Thanks for your patch!
> 
> On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 at 13:09, Amitabh Srivastava <amitabh@...devlab.com> wrote:
>> Update http link to the documentation about how to add a kernel.org UID to
>> the maintainer's key. Add missing SPDX-License-Identifier to fix a
>> checkpatch warning.
> 
> > The first sentence states the obvious, but does not explain the
> > rationale behind this change.  Why should it be changed?  Both the
> > old and the new URL work.

> The old URL no longer points to the correct page having mentioned information.
> [Old URL]: Simply redirects to 'https://korg.docs.kernel.org/', which doesn't have any information on how to add the kernel.org UID to your PGP key.
> [New URL]: Precisely opens the respective page at the anchor for the respective section 'Adding a kernel.org UID to your PGP key'.

>> Signed-off-by: Amitabh Srivastava <amitabh@...devlab.com>
> 
>> --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst
>> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
>> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> +
>> .. _pgpguide:
>> 
>> ===========================
>> @@ -864,7 +866,7 @@ don't already have them)::
>> If you have a kernel.org account, then you should `add the kernel.org
>> UID to your key`_ to make WKD more useful to other kernel developers.
>> 
>> -.. _`add the kernel.org UID to your key`: https://korg.wiki.kernel.org/userdoc/mail#adding_a_kernelorg_uid_to_your_pgp_key
>> +.. _`add the kernel.org UID to your key`: https://korg.docs.kernel.org/mail.html#adding-a-kernel-org-uid-to-your-pgp-key
>> 
>> Web of Trust (WOT) vs. Trust on First Use (TOFU)
>> ------------------------------------------------
> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                        Geert
> 
> -- 
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org
> 
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
>                                -- Linus TorvaldsThanks

> Regards

> Amitabh