Linus Torvalds warns Linux devs: Stop cluttering patches with automated, useless links

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Torvalds doesn't like non-informative links in proposed code changes.
• Useless links are from AI dev programs and automated tools.
• Torvalds thinks links should lead to useful info about a patch.

It all started with a single fix to a resource node rewrite in the Linux kernel. The more Linus Torvalds looked at it, the more puzzled he became. You see, the fix didn't "actually fix anything at all." 

Then, Torvalds explained, he spotted the "promising 'Link:' argument that I hoped would explain why this pointless commit exists, but AS ALWAYS that link only wasted my time by pointing to the same damn information that was already there."

'Stop this garbage already'

He went from puzzled to annoyed in nothing flat in a discussion on the Linux Kernel Mailing List ...