From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 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) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to :references:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=66lpgp1/U43KvlPqUKdfp8U165ha8cr3P2TIp8p8V64=; b=tw7xgnCoIVjgswEfIEhd1iUjdo1TaxSZGwijxKjAm9E9FaXne1z4AeBfuMb4mYiZ1o rCu04v8wMcMnFK3deZo8/f6W6Gl5y49p7VXHa0JgOaFOnpkbRpfGGCeTdV5tfVs2RJYt wbtuuTK6RWjVVCy9YnSL77wB6kJv42vYGgO/2/EiuMu2VeWvXQYWEf6i10kqlRSAupPi JhO8gtUoJXeajqApNN+ilLGxtI1cKA1ylByJdvtZIqh1XDyHF9JNt/7oELHOHkx8yFB9 M7DBbv++BqCQnY+sVBhCFRH5kAjFzN47tNjqLsTVHN2fnB2ExFyjO9dbQhPcMOVawWYj ZEdw== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E3GAFox5IFV/IKXk9HmgPCtLjJTzp8+wmAWd5Py1OQT/TBk5oE7 PNIaGjHEuYyaWq4ZhkZqezQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKKez4n13s8BU2DnDMQ1I91BuGBUiKXVXQ9JIfVGtamI93soMdpCWjHxUmpv/2Qls5KoyPpp1g== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:1389:: with SMTP id 131-v6mr5732910wmt.65.1529597653395; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:14:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([2a00:23c5:be9a:5200:ce4c:82c0:d567:ecbb]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f81-v6sm9027879wmh.32.2018.06.21.09.14.12 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:14:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1529597651.6322.47.camel@debian.org> From: Luca Boccassi To: Kevin Traynor , john.mcnamara@intel.com, yskoh@mellanox.com, christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com Cc: dev@dpdk.org, thomas@monjalon.net, aconole@redhat.com Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:14:11 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1529596827-14756-1-git-send-email-ktraynor@redhat.com> References: <1529596827-14756-1-git-send-email-ktraynor@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Evolution 3.22.6-1+deb9u1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [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 16:14:14 -0000 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