[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: stable backports should be requested on xen-devel

[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: stable backports should be requested on xen-devel

[Ian Campbell]

As well as CC-ing the correct people. I just saw such a request on
xen-users and thought this was worth clarifying here too.

Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
---
 MAINTAINERS | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index a4e64ea..156a95f 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ for inclusion in xen-unstable.
 Please see http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Maintenance_Releases for more
 information.
 
-Remember to copy the appropriate stable branch maintainer who will be
-listed in this section of the MAINTAINERS file in the appropriate
-branch.
+Backport requests should be made on the xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
+list. Remember to copy the appropriate stable branch maintainer who
+will be listed in this section of the MAINTAINERS file in the
+appropriate branch.
 
 	Unstable Subsystem Maintainers
 	==============================
-- 
2.1.4

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: stable backports should be requested on xen-devel

[Ian Campbell]

On Sat, 2015-07-25 at 09:25 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> As well as CC-ing the correct people. I just saw such a request on
> xen-users and thought this was worth clarifying here too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>

Just found this in my folder, do we want to take it for 4.6?

> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index a4e64ea..156a95f 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ for inclusion in xen-unstable.
>  Please see http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Maintenance_Releases for more
>  information.
>  
> -Remember to copy the appropriate stable branch maintainer who will be
> -listed in this section of the MAINTAINERS file in the appropriate
> -branch.
> +Backport requests should be made on the xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
> +list. Remember to copy the appropriate stable branch maintainer who
> +will be listed in this section of the MAINTAINERS file in the
> +appropriate branch.
>  
>  	Unstable Subsystem Maintainers
>  	==============================

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: stable backports should be requested on xen-devel

[Jan Beulich]

>>> On 08.09.15 at 13:37, <ian.campbell@citrix.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-07-25 at 09:25 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
>> As well as CC-ing the correct people. I just saw such a request on
>> xen-users and thought this was worth clarifying here too.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
> 
> Just found this in my folder, do we want to take it for 4.6?

Yes, I think this is worthwhile to clarify.

Jan

>> ---
>>  MAINTAINERS | 7 ++++---
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>> index a4e64ea..156a95f 100644
>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>> @@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ for inclusion in xen-unstable.
>>  Please see http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Maintenance_Releases for more
>>  information.
>>  
>> -Remember to copy the appropriate stable branch maintainer who will be
>> -listed in this section of the MAINTAINERS file in the appropriate
>> -branch.
>> +Backport requests should be made on the xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org 
>> +list. Remember to copy the appropriate stable branch maintainer who
>> +will be listed in this section of the MAINTAINERS file in the
>> +appropriate branch.
>>  
>>  	Unstable Subsystem Maintainers
>>  	==============================

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: stable backports should be requested on xen-devel

[Wei Liu]

On Tue, Sep 08, 2015 at 12:37:04PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-07-25 at 09:25 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > As well as CC-ing the correct people. I just saw such a request on
> > xen-users and thought this was worth clarifying here too.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
> 
> Just found this in my folder, do we want to take it for 4.6?
> 

Fine by me of course.

> > ---
> >  MAINTAINERS | 7 ++++---
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index a4e64ea..156a95f 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ for inclusion in xen-unstable.
> >  Please see http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Maintenance_Releases for more
> >  information.
> >  
> > -Remember to copy the appropriate stable branch maintainer who will be
> > -listed in this section of the MAINTAINERS file in the appropriate
> > -branch.
> > +Backport requests should be made on the xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
> > +list. Remember to copy the appropriate stable branch maintainer who
> > +will be listed in this section of the MAINTAINERS file in the
> > +appropriate branch.
> >  
> >  	Unstable Subsystem Maintainers
> >  	==============================

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: stable backports should be requested on xen-devel

[Ian Campbell]

On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 14:20 +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2015 at 12:37:04PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Sat, 2015-07-25 at 09:25 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > > As well as CC-ing the correct people. I just saw such a request on
> > > xen-users and thought this was worth clarifying here too.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
> > 
> > Just found this in my folder, do we want to take it for 4.6?
> > 
> 
> Fine by me of course.

AIUI the branching process involves tweaking this text to refer to the
specific maintainers of the given stable branch.

IOW I think the "backport" of this might be a little more involved, but
hopefully fairly obvious -- Ian, do you think you can deal with it?

$ git diff origin/staging-4.5 origin/staging -- MAINTAINERS | filterdiff -#1
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -49,14 +49,9 @@ for inclusion in xen-unstable.
 Please see http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Maintenance_Releases for more
 information.
 
-Remember to copy the stable branch maintainer. The maintainer for this
-branch is:
-
-	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
-
-Tools backport requests should also be copied to:
-
-	Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
+Remember to copy the appropriate stable branch maintainer who will be
+listed in this section of the MAINTAINERS file in the appropriate
+branch.
 
 	Unstable Subsystem Maintainers
 	==============================
> 
> > > ---
> > >  MAINTAINERS | 7 ++++---
> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > > index a4e64ea..156a95f 100644
> > > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > @@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ for inclusion in xen-unstable.
> > >  Please see http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Maintenance_Releases for
> > > more
> > >  information.
> > >  
> > > -Remember to copy the appropriate stable branch maintainer who will
> > > be
> > > -listed in this section of the MAINTAINERS file in the appropriate
> > > -branch.
> > > +Backport requests should be made on the 
> > > xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
> > > +list. Remember to copy the appropriate stable branch maintainer who
> > > +will be listed in this section of the MAINTAINERS file in the
> > > +appropriate branch.
> > >  
> > >  	Unstable Subsystem Maintainers
> > >  	==============================

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: stable backports should be requested on xen-devel

[Ian Jackson]

Ian Campbell writes ("Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: stable backports should be requested on xen-devel"):
> AIUI the branching process involves tweaking this text to refer to the
> specific maintainers of the given stable branch.

Yes.  Sometimes older stable branches have different maintainers.

> IOW I think the "backport" of this might be a little more involved, but
> hopefully fairly obvious -- Ian, do you think you can deal with it?

Yes.

Ian.

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: stable backports should be requested on xen-devel

[Ian Campbell]

On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 15:38 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ian Campbell writes ("Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: stable backports should be
> requested on xen-devel"):
> > AIUI the branching process involves tweaking this text to refer to the
> > specific maintainers of the given stable branch.
> 
> Yes.  Sometimes older stable branches have different maintainers.
> 
> > IOW I think the "backport" of this might be a little more involved, but
> > hopefully fairly obvious -- Ian, do you think you can deal with it?
> 
> Yes.

Great. Can I leave the initial commit to staging at the appropriate point
to you as well then?

> 
> Ian.