On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 01:56:54PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > 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 <j...@joshtriplett.org> > > Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <b...@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?
https://lkml.kernel.org/ provides examples; I didn't want to duplicate that documentation. - Josh Triplett -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
