Hi Jon, On 15/03/2023 19:19, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> +In the same category as linking web pages, a special tag is also used to close >> +issues but only when the mentioned ticketing system can do this operation >> +automatically:: >> + >> + Closes: https://example.com/issues/1234 >> + >> +Please use this 'Closes:' tag only if it helps managing issues thanks to >> +automations. If not, pick the 'Link:' one. > > So if there is a consensus for this, I can certainly apply the patch. > > I do think, though, that if we accept this tag, we should ask that it > only be used for *public* trackers. A bunch of tags referring to > internal trackers and such aren't going to be all that helpful. Thank you for this feedback! I agree, this should only refer to public bug trackers otherwise the link is useless for most people. In fact, that's what I wrote in submitting-patches.rst but I just noticed I forgot to duplicate this into 5.Posting.rst. I can do that in a v2 if there is no objection to allow this "Closes:" tag. Cheers, Matt -- Tessares | Belgium | Hybrid Access Solutions www.tessares.net
