Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] docs & checkpatch: allow Closes tags with links

[Conor Dooley]

On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 11:39:22AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:

> -Please check the link to make sure that it is actually working and points
> -to the relevant message.
> +If the URL points to a bug report that is fixed by the patch, use 'Closes:'
> +instead.

This is not specifically a comment about your additional diff, but this
sprang to mind (again) while reading it.
I have been wondering if this sort of thing will lead to inconsistency. 
Reports sometimes report more than one issue at once. Other times a
patch that is (intentionally) not a complete fix for the problem.
Using Closes: in those cases is not really true, as it does not close
the report.
Having a series of N patches, each of which purport to close an issue,
also doesn't seem quite right.
The word Closes has a meaning and "forcing" the use of Closes: for
reports implies meaning that may not be present.

I suppose it is true that just because documentation or checkpatch says
to do something, doesn't mean that you **have** to do it but I don't
want to be the one on the Rx side of a rant...

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