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SubjectRe: [PATCH RESEND 2/3] SubmittingPatches: Add recommendation for mailing list references
On 02/22/2014 12:12 PM, Josh Triplett wrote:
> SubmittingPatches already mentions referencing bugs fixed by a commit,
> but doesn't mention citing relevant mailing list discussions. Add a
> note to that effect, along with a recommendation to use the
> https://lkml.kernel.org/ redirector.
>
> Portions based on text from git's SubmittingPatches.
>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> ---
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 10 +++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> index c74e73c..53e6590 100644
> --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> @@ -112,7 +112,15 @@ to do frotz", as if you are giving orders to the codebase to change
> its behaviour.
>
> If the patch fixes a logged bug entry, refer to that bug entry by
> -number and URL.
> +number and URL. If the patch follows from a mailing list discussion,
> +give a URL to the mailing list archive; use the https://lkml.kernel.org/
> +redirector with a Message-Id, to ensure that the links cannot become
> +stale.

Some of us don't know what that looks like.
Could we have an example?

> +However, try to make your explanation understandable without external
> +resources. In addition to giving a URL to a mailing list archive or
> +bug, summarize the relevant points of the discussion that led to the
> +patch as submitted.
>
> If you want to refer to a specific commit, don't just refer to the
> SHA-1 ID of the commit. Please also include the oneline summary of
>


--
~Randy


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