Re: [PATCH] doc: advise to specify LTS branch when backporting patches

[Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>]

On Wed, 2018-05-16 at 16:19 +0100, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> On 05/16/2018 03:31 PM, luca.boccassi@gmail.com wrote:
> > From: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
> > 
> > We have many stable branches being maintaned at the same time, and
> 
> typo
> 
> > sometimes it's not clear which branch a patch is being backported
> > for.
> > Note in the guidelines that it should be specified via the cover
> > letter,
> > annotation or using --subject-prefix.
> > Also note to send only to stable@dpdk.org, not dev@dpdk.org.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 8 ++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> > b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> > index 2287835f9..1dc623a23 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> > @@ -450,6 +450,14 @@ Experienced committers may send patches
> > directly with ``git send-email`` without
> >  The options ``--annotate`` and ``confirm = always`` are
> > recommended for checking patches before sending.
> >  
> >  
> > +Backporting patches for Stable Releases
> > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > +
> > +Sometimes a maintainer or contributor wishes, or can be asked, to
> > send a patch for a stable release rather than mainline. In this
> > case the patch(es) should be sent to ``stable@dpdk.org``, not to ``
> > dev@dpdk.org``.
> > +
> > +Given that there are multiple stable releases being maintained at
> > the same time, please specify exactly which branch the patch is for
> > in the cover letter, in the annotation or using ``git send-email --
> > subject-prefix='16.11' ...``
> > +
> 
> s/branch/branch(es)/
> 
> How about [16.11] instead of '16.11' ?

Using --subject-prefix git will already use "[PATCH 16.11]

> I would be in favour that the prefix(es) should always be added for
> this
> very specific case, as it will make it stand out more.
> 
> either way,
> Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>

Makes sense, I've slightly re-arranged to wording for that

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi