Re: Mail thread references in commits

Tom Lane wrote:

> AFAICS the proposal here is to go from, eg,
> 
> Discussion: <CAF4Au4w6rrH_j1bvVhzpOsRiHCog7sGJ3LSX0tY8ZdwhHT88LQ@mail.gmail.com>
> 
> to
> 
> Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAF4Au4w6rrH_j1bvVhzpOsRiHCog7sGJ3LSX0tY8ZdwhHT88LQ@mail.gmail.com
> 
> which is annoying, but the line was overlength already.  Maybe we could
> drop the Discussion: prefix and just write a URL:
> 
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAF4Au4w6rrH_j1bvVhzpOsRiHCog7sGJ3LSX0tY8ZdwhHT88LQ@mail.gmail.com

If we use our existing URL shortener, as I proposed upthread, it's still
overlength but decent enough:

https://postgr.es/m/CAF4Au4w6rrH_j1bvVhzpOsRiHCog7sGJ3LSX0tY8ZdwhHT88LQ@mail.gmail.com

I was pretty sure I had proposed this previously and was surprised that
I couldn't find it in the archives anywhere; and sure enough, what I did
was post the idea to sysadmins@postgresql.org (over a year ago) so it
wasn't publicly visible.  Anyway, I think the shortener is worth using
(and we can certainly spare the namespace).

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