Hi Geert, Hope this clarifies.
> On 5 Feb 2026, at 6:53 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Amitabh, > > Thanks for your patch! > > On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 at 13:09, Amitabh Srivastava <[email protected]> wrote: >> Update http link to the documentation about how to add a kernel.org UID to >> the maintainer's key. Add missing SPDX-License-Identifier to fix a >> checkpatch warning. > > > The first sentence states the obvious, but does not explain the > > rationale behind this change. Why should it be changed? Both the > > old and the new URL work. > The old URL no longer points to the correct page having mentioned information. > [Old URL]: Simply redirects to 'https://korg.docs.kernel.org/', which doesn't > have any information on how to add the kernel.org UID to your PGP key. > [New URL]: Precisely opens the respective page at the anchor for the > respective section 'Adding a kernel.org UID to your PGP key'. >> Signed-off-by: Amitabh Srivastava <[email protected]> > >> --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst >> +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst >> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ >> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 >> + >> .. _pgpguide: >> >> =========================== >> @@ -864,7 +866,7 @@ don't already have them):: >> If you have a kernel.org account, then you should `add the kernel.org >> UID to your key`_ to make WKD more useful to other kernel developers. >> >> -.. _`add the kernel.org UID to your key`: >> https://korg.wiki.kernel.org/userdoc/mail#adding_a_kernelorg_uid_to_your_pgp_key >> +.. _`add the kernel.org UID to your key`: >> https://korg.docs.kernel.org/mail.html#adding-a-kernel-org-uid-to-your-pgp-key >> >> Web of Trust (WOT) vs. Trust on First Use (TOFU) >> ------------------------------------------------ > > Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > Geert > > -- > Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- > [email protected] > > In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But > when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like > that. > -- Linus TorvaldsThanks > Regards > Amitabh
