From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga06.intel.com (mga06.intel.com [134.134.136.31]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94FBA12001 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 10:13:19 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by orsmga104.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 16 Jan 2018 01:13:19 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,367,1511856000"; d="scan'208";a="20168643" Received: from silpixa00399502.ir.intel.com (HELO silpixa00399502.ger.corp.intel.com) ([10.237.223.218]) by FMSMGA003.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 16 Jan 2018 01:13:17 -0800 From: Marko Kovacevic To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: john.mcnamara@intel.com, ferruh.yigit@intel.com, hemant.agrawal@nxp.com, Marko Kovacevic Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:12:47 +0000 Message-Id: <20180116091247.20842-2-marko.kovacevic@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.9.5 In-Reply-To: <20180116091247.20842-1-marko.kovacevic@intel.com> References: <20180110145200.13895-1-marko.kovacevic@intel.com> <20180116091247.20842-1-marko.kovacevic@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] doc: add guidelines for stable tags 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: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:13:20 -0000 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 Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal --- 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 +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 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 + +For further information on stable contribution you can go here :doc:`Stable Contribution` Creating Patches ---------------- -- 2.9.5