From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 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) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45CAF2AC20; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:00:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ktraynor.remote.csb (ovpn-117-152.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.117.152]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AB6111166E1; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:00:52 +0000 (UTC) From: Kevin Traynor To: john.mcnamara@intel.com, bluca@debian.org, yskoh@mellanox.com, christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com, ktraynor@redhat.com Cc: dev@dpdk.org, thomas@monjalon.net, aconole@redhat.com Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:00:27 +0100 Message-Id: <1529596827-14756-1-git-send-email-ktraynor@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 10.11.54.3 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.11.55.2]); Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:00:55 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.11.55.2]); Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:00:55 +0000 (UTC) for IP:'10.11.54.3' DOMAIN:'int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com' HELO:'smtp.corp.redhat.com' FROM:'ktraynor@redhat.com' RCPT:'' Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] docs: add default that all fixes are backported X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:00:56 -0000 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