From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marko Kovacevic Subject: [PATCH v1 2/2] doc: add guidelines for stable tags Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 15:51:01 +0000 Message-ID: <20180109155101.12165-2-marko.kovacevic@intel.com> References: <20180109155101.12165-1-marko.kovacevic@intel.com> Cc: john.mcnamara@intel.com, Marko Kovacevic To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga01.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E3321B1A7 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2018 16:51:38 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <20180109155101.12165-1-marko.kovacevic@intel.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" Added contribution guideline for adding stable tags when sending patches all fix patches to the master branch that are candidates for backporting Signed-off-by: Marko Kovacevic --- doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst index e6b6e80..f98e601 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst @@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ Coverity issue tag should be inserted into the commit message body as so:: Signed-off-by: Alex Smith +Patch for Stable Releases: +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +All fix patches to the master branch that are candidates for backporting +should also be CCed to the `stable@dpdk.org `_ +mailing list. In the commit message body the Cc: stable@dpdk.org should be inserted as so:: + + doc: fix some parameter description + + Update the docs, fixing description of some parameter. + + Fixes: abcdefgh1234 ("doc: add some parameter") + Cc: stable@dpdk.org + + Signed-off-by: Alex Smith Creating Patches ---------------- -- 2.9.5