Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Based on multiple conversations, most recently on the ksummit mailing > list [1], add some best practices for using the Link trailer, such as: > > - how to use markdown-like bracketed numbers in the commit message to > indicate the corresponding link > - when to use lore.kernel.org vs patch.msgid.link domains > > Cc: ksummit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20240617-arboreal-industrious-hedgehog-5b84ae@meerkat # [1] > Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------- > 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst > index 64739968afa6..ba312345d030 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst > @@ -372,17 +372,31 @@ following tag ordering scheme: > > - Link: ``https://link/to/information`` > > - For referring to an email on LKML or other kernel mailing lists, > - please use the lore.kernel.org redirector URL:: > + For referring to an email posted to the kernel mailing lists, please > + use the lore.kernel.org redirector URL:: > > - https://lore.kernel.org/r/email-message@id > + Link: https://lore.kernel.org/email-message-id@here > > - The kernel.org redirector is considered a stable URL, unlike other email > - archives. > + This URL should be used when referring to relevant mailing list > + topics, related patch sets, or other notable discussion threads. > + A convenient way to associate ``Link:`` trailers with the commit > + message is to use markdown-like bracketed notation, for example:: > > - Maintainers will add a Link tag referencing the email of the patch > - submission when they apply a patch to the tip tree. This tag is useful > - for later reference and is also used for commit notifications. > + A similar approach was attempted before as part of a different > + effort [1], but the initial implementation caused too many > + regressions [2], so it was backed out and reimplemented. > + > + Link: https://lore.kernel.org/some-msgid@here # [1] > + Link: https://bugzilla.example.org/bug/12345 # [2] Does it actually make sense to use the Link: prefix here? These sort of links are part of the prose, they're not something a script can download and make any sense of. I see some existing usage of the above style, but equally there's lots of examples of footnote-style links without the Link: tag, eg: commit 40b561e501768ef24673d0e1d731a7b9b1bc6709 Merge: d9f843fbd45e 31611cc8faa0 Author: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Apr 29 22:29:44 2024 +0200 Merge tag 'tee-ts-for-v6.10' of https://git.linaro.org/people/jens.wiklander/linux-tee into soc/drivers TEE driver for Trusted Services This introduces a TEE driver for Trusted Services [1]. Trusted Services is a TrustedFirmware.org project that provides a framework for developing and deploying device Root of Trust services in FF-A [2] Secure Partitions. The project hosts the reference implementation of Arm Platform Security Architecture [3] for Arm A-profile devices. ... [1] https://www.trustedfirmware.org/projects/trusted-services/ [2] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0077/ [3] https://www.arm.com/architecture/security-features/platform-security The above style is standard markdown style for reference links (or as standard as markdown gets). cheers