From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261378AbTDZPAB (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 11:00:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261489AbTDZPAB (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 11:00:01 -0400 Received: from dsl081-067-005.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.67.5]:62393 "EHLO renegade") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261378AbTDZPAA (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 11:00:00 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 08:12:00 -0700 From: Zack Brown To: John Bradford Cc: Linus Torvalds , Marcelo Tosatti , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: ChangeLog suggestion Message-ID: <20030426151200.GA6743@renegade> References: <20030426062105.GA1423@renegade> <200304260652.h3Q6qJmB000386@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200304260652.h3Q6qJmB000386@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi John, On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 07:52:19AM +0100, John Bradford wrote: > > In each changelog entry, it would be really useful to include the > > Message-ID of that email in a regex-parsable location. This way, if the > > email was cced to lkml it would be possible for folks to track down the > > actual patch. > > > > I'm not familiar with your scripts, but I'd be surprised if this were very > > difficult to implement. At the same time, there are many cases of changelog > > entries that read only 'USB' or something equally unhelpful, where there is > > little chance that anyone could track down the corresponding patch. Having the > > Message-ID in those cases would make all the difference in the world. > > The changelogs are generated by BitKeeper - couldn't we simply include > a link that will let anybody[1] access the relevant changesets? > > [1] This can be via HTTP, and _doesn't_ require anybody to use > BitKeeper in any way. That would be ideal. Be well, Zack > > John. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Zack Brown