From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69832212D6F; Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:58:01 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1737554283; cv=none; b=IMLmV6ccmKB/Ta8yfVcttNDN6ZpJARwJF6hYgnJ/Oyxtr02r6Q+tdn9yc7Pkw/VqFAsXazuV0Z1YlIJ3v5uLgm73h4g4r5x1dr8cAvxIqndCrtvC96dO0Evv9Yfjwf/gvJ9Qb66vKLM3WtvCPBG42FDzFp/0RVs1xYB6zflJ4Pg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1737554283; c=relaxed/simple; bh=5yU+W11YoTKubaH3flcPMxipgW6nQ/0BfYPdfNJj9pg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=hVpiQfrsyQ0NsSZbdAMEeVDjBrbF1YbJHPOFzh9q12IDu74KswBOdiyToUI9txeX8s7C7ncy8sokOVE4y4pB5b8ticwPYOzZvQLbBgfbRmyQGB1jDRDkWMRyBMm9WHrp8VJQ6B+ogJm01fwJ0b8u7N2NrjYWPlwK115cYaPdDO8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=anfwfKSy; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="anfwfKSy" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 5039740505 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1737554280; bh=IPn5jeUNAmNgQhuOxSICJWeWFwggYgY1W1uSCFlKFiY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=anfwfKSySbKlSd0DhgFkOBhPkhC1R7NacSShG9XMFFwyQn6DHWHG7xIKv4Ha/TeNm 19dZrFwc0vdUzg+v6dM5W1RIGU4TsDV6Vg/82LgHgehsPujDE+0etuMUScx11hOoYR N7GCNISiyoCkNUPrP0DW00qcuz/vKc0Cxouroa/OWdifCSKvvmZ12a82GMdpLqpJTg iJJh9rAtFAT/z25Zwe9aSewte/CZQJSdQdAee3A1YhDqy/6Selb6XmywwTppNHkCY5 ff+VhWq52VW+GHEtOV7Tl7MX7B7qWbkYTlWnoe4H0zfcJCsCYEcBBGveOpgFThqp0P ePyptshPx74dQ== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:5e00:625::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5039740505; Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:58:00 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Linus Torvalds Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Documentation for 6.14 In-Reply-To: References: <87a5bltgf7.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 06:57:59 -0700 Message-ID: <87cygfdk7s.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Linus Torvalds writes: > On Mon, 20 Jan 2025 at 11:48, Jonathan Corbet wrote: >> >> - Clarifying that Git commit IDs >12chars are OK > > Wel,, I'm not sure that was an improvement. > > I'd rather not see stupid extra random characters. > > We'll see. Hopefully people realize that "at least 12" means 12. Not > some random other number. I took it because it seemed that consistency in the documentation was better than conflicting advice. If the policy is really "exactly 12 characters", though, we should probably make it read that way instead...? jon