From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753420Ab0INKbo (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:31:44 -0400 Received: from mx-1.vendo.no ([193.71.32.2]:59359 "EHLO mx-1.vendo.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752113Ab0INKbn (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:31:43 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 400 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:31:43 EDT Message-ID: <4C8F4D7C.3090608@uw.no> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:25:00 +0200 From: "Daniel K." User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100317) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lin Ming CC: LKML Subject: Re: Why not make LKML-Reference useful? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Lin Ming wrote: > What's LKML-Reference in the kernel git log? The message id for the email sent to LKML. > 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. > > 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? Domains come and go (marc.theaimsgroup.com => marc.info => ?), message id's are forever. Also, you should be able to look up the message on your favorite LKML-archive website or search engine using the message id. Daniel K.