[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] doc: add guidelines for stable tags

[Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>]

   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 <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>
---
 doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
index 59d2aaf..cef9776 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
@@ -277,6 +277,23 @@ body of the commit message. For example::
 
      Signed-off-by: Alex Smith <alex.smith@example.com>
 
+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 <http://dpdk.org/ml/listinfo/stable>`_
+mailing list. In the commit message body the Cc: stable@dpdk.org should be inserted as follows::
+
+     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 <alex.smith@example.com>
+
+For further information on stable contribution you can go here :doc:`Stable Contribution<stable>`
 
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