From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33167) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1elHji-0006IR-Jm for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:17:51 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1elHje-0003cT-KD for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:17:49 -0500 Received: from mx3-rdu2.redhat.com ([66.187.233.73]:34212 helo=mx1.redhat.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1elHje-0003bQ-Fl for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:17:46 -0500 References: <20180212124008.8960-1-cohuck@redhat.com> From: Eric Blake Message-ID: Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:17:38 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180212124008.8960-1-cohuck@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: document our stable process List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Cornelia Huck , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com On 02/12/2018 06:40 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote: > Some pointers on how to get a patch into stable. > > [contains some suggestions by mdroth] > Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck > --- > RFC/D->v2: added mdroth's suggestions > --- > docs/stable-process.rst | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 docs/stable-process.rst > > + Cc: qemu-stable@nongnu.org > + > + to the patch description. By default, this will send a copy of the patch Spurious double space. > + to ``qemu-stable@nongnu.org`` if you use git send-email, which is where > + patches that are stable candidates are tracked by the maintainers. > + > +Stable release process > +---------------------- > + > +When the stable maintainers prepare a new stable release, they will prepare > +a git branch with a release candidate and send the patches out to > +``qemu-devel@nongnu.org`` for review. If any of your patches are included, > +please verify that they look fine. Maybe add: especially if the maintainer had to tweak the patch as part of back-porting things across branches. > You may also nominate other patches that > +you think are suitable for inclusion. After review is complete (may involve > +more release candidates), a new stable release is made available. > What you have is an obvious improvement over the "nothing" that was before, so whether or not you fold in my additional comments, you can add: Reviewed-by: Eric Blake -- Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3266 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org