Why not hash the URL? Something like: Http://postgresopen.org/archive/743257890976432
Where the hash is derived from the message if? On Nov 17, 2016 17:40, "Alvaro Herrera" <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > > Tom Lane wrote: > > Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> writes: > > > I love seeing references to email threads in commit messages. It would > > > make them a lot friendlier though if a full http URL were included > > > instead of just a Message-ID, > > > > I've intentionally not done that, because it does not seem very > > future-proof. The message ids will hopefully be unique indefinitely far > > into the future, but the location of our archives could move. > > It won't. We have far too many in the archives to risk breaking them. > In fact, we (Magnus) went great lengths to implement a system so that > old-style PHP links (of which we have a bunch in very old archives, > including in commit messages) continue to work to this day. We're far > too invested in the system now, because of how successful it has proved > to be. > > -- > Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ > PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers