Linus once again expresses his dislike for "Link" tags in #Linux #kernel commits that link to the last patch submission:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-%3DwhBm4Y%3D962%3DHuYNpbmYBEq-7X8O_aOAPQpqFKv5h5UbSA@mail.gmail.com/
But he (as usual) has a point: ""[…]I get really damn annoyed when I wonder about some context of a commit, and follow a link to look at the background, and all I see is that SAME DAMN PATCH that I already looked at […]""
Sometimes I think we should start using self-generated change-id for patch series[1] and individual patches, which b4 and maintainer scripts then could convert to "Link:" tags that use lore to find the complete history of a patch.
But I guess that would be a really hard sell.
[1] might be nice for stable maintenance as well, as that would allow "this patch was part of a series" lookups, as it might depend on earlier patches from the same series