Re: "Link in bio" instead of Link:/Closes: trailer

[Bagas Sanjaya]

On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 02:10:03PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 07:57:21PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > On 12/21/23 18:51, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 06:15:50PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> Let's say that there is a content creator who submits her first kernel
> > >> patch (touching drivers/staging/ of course to get her feet wet).
> > >> The patch supposes to fix a reported bug, with appropriate Fixes: tag.
> > >> But instead of using Link: or Closes: tag to the actual bug report in
> > >> the patch, she instead writes "Link to the bug report in my bio", as
> > >> it is the norm in social media world. Here in the context, her bio is
> > >> LinkedIn profile (IDK if there is a way to add arbitrary link there).
> > >> The link in LinkedIn profile, when clicked, will list many links
> > >> (including her usual social media campaigns and of course the bug report),
> > >> which makes reviewers confused about which link to the bug report she
> > >> means. In some cases, she may disambiguate by saying in the patch,
> > >> "Link to the bug report no. 99", to refer to the specific link number.
> > >>
> > >> Is such practice a good idea?
> > > 
> > > No.
> > 
> > why?
> 
> Exactly, why?  What problem are you trying to solve here that has
> actually come up in any sort of frequency?

I was scratching my itch whether common social media practices (such as that's
being discussed here) can be applied to kernel development.

> 
> "Link: " is something that should be used to point to a well-known and
> stable reference for any future things, like red hat's bugzilla, or
> lore.kernel.org.  It's not for random social-media link reputation
> spamming, sorry.

Understand.

> 
> The "proper" way to handle this is to have in your Linked-in, or
> whatever social media site you like, a list of your committed patches in
> the git.kernel.org tree, don't polute the kernel log please.
> 

That's the elegant way.

Thanks for explanation!

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