Re: Replacing Link trailers

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

On 2025-10-13 12:20, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 at 12:07, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>>
>> This was the *original* definition that I proposed, which was vetoed by Linus because it didn't provide a clickable experience.
> 
> Yeah., I still don't believe that Message-ID is any better than a link.
> 
> And the only believable argument *for* this all is the "one-click experience".
> 
> Because I still believe that "if you use tools, then 'b4 dig' is
> better than *any* pointless tag that just is entirely redundant and
> only cuts down on the available information".
> 
> So the one-click argument actually resonates with me, even if that is
> very obviously not the workflow I use. At least I *understand* that
> argument.
> 
> All the other arguments seem just disingenuous in that they literally
> give less useful information than "b4 dig" does.
> 
> "more noise for less information" is not a good argument in my book.
> 

And I very much agree with you -- see my other reply.

	-hpa