From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753577Ab0INKrU (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:47:20 -0400 Received: from bar.sig21.net ([80.81.252.164]:40455 "EHLO bar.sig21.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753488Ab0INKrT (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:47:19 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:47:12 +0200 From: Johannes Stezenbach To: Lin Ming Cc: LKML Subject: Re: Why not make LKML-Reference useful? Message-ID: <20100914104712.GA17182@sig21.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-21-Score: -3.8 (---) X-Spam-21-Report: No, score=-3.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8,AWL=0.586,BAYES_00=-2.599 autolearn=no Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 > > LKML-Reference: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128445596126705&w=2 > > But I never see such a link in the LKML-Reference of the git log. > > $cd linux-2.6 > $git log | grep LKML-Reference > > LKML-Reference: <201008300127.o7U1RC6Z044051@www262.sakura.ne.jp> > LKML-Reference: <20100913102541.20260.85700.stgit@ltc236.sdl.hitachi.co.jp> > LKML-Reference: <20100913121903.GB22238@darkstar> > ...... > > Those LKML-Reference are really useless. > > Why not put a link in LKML-Reference? Marc and Gmane allow search by Message-ID: e.g. > LKML-Reference: <20100913121903.GB22238@darkstar> http://marc.info/?i=20100913121903.GB22238@darkstar http://mid.gmane.org/20100913121903.GB22238@darkstar HTH, Johannes