From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753464Ab0INKR5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:17:57 -0400 Received: from vps.mortis.eu ([79.99.135.181]:59710 "EHLO vps.mortis.eu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752733Ab0INKRx (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:17:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:17:51 +0200 From: Giel van Schijndel To: Lin Ming Cc: LKML Subject: Re: Why not make LKML-Reference useful? Message-ID: <20100914101751.GH29094@salidar.me.mortis.eu> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xjyYRNSh/RebjC6o" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: OpenPGP: id=CEE5E742; url=http://gpg.mortis.eu/me.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --xjyYRNSh/RebjC6o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 05:52:26PM +0800, Lin Ming wrote: > What's LKML-Reference in the kernel git log? > In my understanding, it's a link to the original discussion of the > patch on LKML, for example >=20 > LKML-Reference: http://marc.info/?l=3Dlinux-kernel&m=3D128445596126705&w= =3D2 >=20 > But I never see such a link in the LKML-Reference of the git log. >=20 > Those LKML-Reference are really useless. No they're not, those are the Message-IDs of the referenced headers which can be used to search archives with. > Why not put a link in LKML-Reference? Now, links OTOH *would* be useless on the long run as there's no single entity maintaining LKML archives, so whatever entity you link to, you become dependent on. Having Message-IDs at least allows you to search any available archive (provided it allows searching on Message-IDs). --=20 Met vriendelijke groet, With kind regards, Giel van Schijndel -- "Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live." -- Rick Osborne --xjyYRNSh/RebjC6o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkyPS88ACgkQZBYm/87l50IO6ACgroeIZuOFGVfmqbAMqW06zO2x INoAoIsSKJV9oLdTXpQSW3i6rkQQWFBd =8Lzx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xjyYRNSh/RebjC6o--