On Mon, 22 Nov 2021 10:12:33 -0500 Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As an alternative, I can offer that we continue to use Link: trailers with > extra data following the hashtag, as is already done for other trailers: > > Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215101 #report > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/fobarbaz.5551212@localhost #review > > Note, that this merely for completeness, not in opposition to the proposal. I > find the "Link:" trailer to be semantically redundant, since what follows is > already clearly a hyperlink. Adding "Link: " in front of it is only necessary > for consistency and machine parsing reasons. Machine parsing is the main reason for the Link: tag. I have scripts that key off of that tag and ignore any other "http" reference. Perhaps the above is better, as it means we don't need to update our scripts for that parsing. -- Steve
