From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luca Boccassi Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: add default that all fixes are backported Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:14:11 +0100 Message-ID: <1529597651.6322.47.camel@debian.org> References: <1529596827-14756-1-git-send-email-ktraynor@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: dev@dpdk.org, thomas@monjalon.net, aconole@redhat.com To: Kevin Traynor , john.mcnamara@intel.com, yskoh@mellanox.com, christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f68.google.com (mail-wm0-f68.google.com [74.125.82.68]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D13261BB20 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:14:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f68.google.com with SMTP id 69-v6so7201913wmf.3 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:14:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1529596827-14756-1-git-send-email-ktraynor@redhat.com> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Thu, 2018-06-21 at 17:00 +0100, Kevin Traynor wrote: > Set the starting point that all commits on master branch > with Fixes tag are backported to relevant stable/LTS branches. >=20 > Of course there will be exceptions that will crop up from time > to time that need discussion, so also add a sentence for that. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor > --- > =C2=A0doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst | 4 +++- > =C2=A01 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >=20 > 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 > =C2=A0--------------------------------- > =C2=A0 > -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. > =C2=A0 > =C2=A0Features should not be backported to stable releases. It may be > acceptable, in Acked-by: Luca Boccassi --=20 Kind regards, Luca Boccassi