Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2] devtools: add fixes column to git-log-fixes

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

03/02/2020 16:59, Kevin Traynor:
> During backporting, if the fixes or stable tag are missing,
> it usually requires some investigation by stable maintainer
> as to why.
> 
> The presence of a fixes tag may be known from whether the
> originating release of the issue is printed at the end of the
> line but with variable line lengths and nested partial fixes
> it doesn't catch the eye.
> 
> When there are a large amount of commits, adding an aligned column
> indicating the presence of a fixes tag beside the stable one makes
> it easier to quickly see the patches requiring further investigation.
> 
> e.g.
> 20.02 8f33cbcfa S F net/i40e/base: fix buffer address (16.04)
> 20.02 4b3da9415 S F net/i40e/base: fix error message (1.7.0)
> 20.02 1da546c39 - F net/i40e/base: fix missing link modes (17.08)
> 20.02 79bfe7808 S F net/i40e/base: fix Tx descriptors number (1.7.0)
> 20.02 50126939c - F net/i40e/base: fix retrying logic (18.02)
> 20.02 dcd05da0a S F app/testpmd: fix GENEVE flow item (18.02)
> 20.02 b0b9fdad2 S - net/bnx2x: support secondary process (N/A)
> 20.02 f8279f47d S F net/netvsc: fix crash in secondary process (18.08)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>

Looks nice.
Applied, thanks