Re: proposal to stop using "backport: " in commit logs

[Loic Dachary <loic@dachary.org>]

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On 13/04/2015 18:48, Ken Dreyer wrote:
> A while ago this came up in #ceph-devel and I wanted to bring it to a
> wider audience.
> 
> Should we stop the convention of adding the "backport: " tags in Git?
> 
> Loic brought up the point that this data is essentially immutable after
> we merge it, and it's better to point at a Redmine tracker where we can
> alter the "backport" field.
> 
> This makes it easier to adjust the "backport" data after the code's been
> merged to master. It also makes it easier for whoever is corralling the
> backport efforts, because the person only have one place to look
> (Redmine) instead of two (Redmine + git commit logs).
> 
> For what it's worth I agree with Loic on this.

I agree with myself ;-)

> 
> Any objections?
> 
> - Ken
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Loïc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre


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