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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVdBoXKg-7wDshMRGi05LiCOi62ETYzyV5HFbQXLinK6A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 14:23:09 +0100
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Amitabh Srivastava <amitabh@...devlab.com>
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 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.

> 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

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