From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kevin Traynor Subject: [PATCH] docs: add default that all fixes are backported Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:00:27 +0100 Message-ID: <1529596827-14756-1-git-send-email-ktraynor@redhat.com> Cc: dev@dpdk.org, thomas@monjalon.net, aconole@redhat.com To: john.mcnamara@intel.com, bluca@debian.org, yskoh@mellanox.com, christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com, ktraynor@redhat.com Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx3-rdu2.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 278B71BADD for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:00:56 +0200 (CEST) List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Set the starting point that all commits on master branch with Fixes tag are backported to relevant stable/LTS branches. Of course there will be exceptions that will crop up from time to time that need discussion, so also add a sentence for that. This is to ensure that there is consistency between what is backported to stable/LTS branches, remove some subjectivity as to what constitutes "a fix" and avoid possible conflicts for future backports. Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor --- doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst index 0f2f1f3..bbafc37 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst @@ -58,5 +58,7 @@ What changes should be backported --------------------------------- -Backporting should be limited to bug fixes. +Backporting should be limited to bug fixes. All patches accepted on the master +branch with Fixes tags will be backported to the relevant stable/LTS branches. +If there are exceptions, they will be discussed on the mailing lists. Features should not be backported to stable releases. It may be acceptable, in -- 1.8.3.1