Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] checkpatch: Exempt long URLs

2018-03-07 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 22/02/2018 22:58, Eric Blake wrote: > Sometimes, we want to refer to really long URLs, but checkpatch > balks, and we have to manually bypass the check. URL shorterners > may be nice at reducing long links, but it's hard to guarantee the > shortened link will live as long as the real target, an

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] checkpatch: Exempt long URLs

2018-03-06 Thread Stefan Hajnoczi
On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 03:58:38PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > Sometimes, we want to refer to really long URLs, but checkpatch > balks, and we have to manually bypass the check. URL shorterners > may be nice at reducing long links, but it's hard to guarantee the > shortened link will live as long a

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] checkpatch: Exempt long URLs

2018-02-22 Thread Eric Blake
On 02/22/2018 03:58 PM, Eric Blake wrote: Sometimes, we want to refer to really long URLs, but checkpatch balks, and we have to manually bypass the check. URL shorterners s/shorterners/shorteners/ (Is it bad when I spell-check my own patches?) may be nice at reducing long links, but it's ha

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] checkpatch: Exempt long URLs

2018-02-22 Thread Eric Blake
Sometimes, we want to refer to really long URLs, but checkpatch balks, and we have to manually bypass the check. URL shorterners may be nice at reducing long links, but it's hard to guarantee the shortened link will live as long as the real target, and it is also nice to see the original target wi