From: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Subject: submitting-patches.rst: suggest a Link: after Reported-by:
Date: Thu Feb 23 05:41:49 PM PST 2023
It seems to be the new way and I find it super useful.
Cc: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <[email protected]>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst~submitting-patchesrst-suggest-a-link-after-reported-by
+++ a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -501,6 +501,12 @@ the bug was reported in private, then as
Reported-by tag. The tag is intended for bugs; please do not use it to credit
feature requests.
+Where possible, please include a Link: to the report on the line
+immediately following the Reported-by:. For example,
+
+Reported-by: John Doe <[email protected]>
+ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
+
A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in
some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that
some testing has been performed, provides a means to locate testers for
_
Hi Andrew,
On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:47:31 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> It seems to be the new way and I find it super useful.
>
> Cc: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <[email protected]>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
JFYI, Jon has just applied a similar patch from Thorsten:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/T/#t
"Re: [PATCH v1] docs: recommend using Link: whenever using Reported-by:"
Thanks, Akira
> ---
>
>
> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst~submitting-patchesrst-suggest-a-link-after-reported-by
> +++ a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -501,6 +501,12 @@ the bug was reported in private, then as
> Reported-by tag. The tag is intended for bugs; please do not use it to credit
> feature requests.
>
> +Where possible, please include a Link: to the report on the line
> +immediately following the Reported-by:. For example,
> +
> +Reported-by: John Doe <[email protected]>
> + Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
> +
> A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in
> some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that
> some testing has been performed, provides a means to locate testers for
> _
On Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:59:31 +0900 Akira Yokosawa <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:47:31 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > It seems to be the new way and I find it super useful.
> >
> > Cc: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
> > Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
>
> JFYI, Jon has just applied a similar patch from Thorsten:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/T/#t
>
> "Re: [PATCH v1] docs: recommend using Link: whenever using Reported-by:"
>
Oh, OK, I preferred my version ;)
Whatever, I'll drop this.