From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wr0-f196.google.com (mail-wr0-f196.google.com [209.85.128.196]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEBD6D149 for ; Wed, 16 May 2018 19:05:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wr0-f196.google.com with SMTP id 94-v6so2242190wrf.5 for ; Wed, 16 May 2018 10:05:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references; bh=uijwNPd7gsXD/PXIzqI3TT47a3h0/ElWpAhdD5Q6SgU=; b=vMSW6b4znux9wC+9LnISf+TY7cta8SIKFaQAL+qxQiKV9uR9Ox01EK3s0RCOPpd7R0 2CnFPTUsxtQW4itHIi0crgSV3apxg6mxs+DwzzWnfzuatsnQKRf/+jraEoUqYPkzar7o ErtD6Oc2qAkYndMzE835eFBcqZlxtokWTv0i+p7D26u5Q2wkkgBKvs+hzXW/aRKzymO3 rFcVuSdZHxZp56pAt0h2b2Vkd6b8DIzrlttK19DrFDgFonYzu3DIwKm3HoyiTbwbS3Ol RN8Wap6C+U2gzRD8rlqPEdKyjcJmvkVx6/c6Ok+ecP7liR7z7r4/jZzu3ZJyVFqXP7HX 7MSQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references; bh=uijwNPd7gsXD/PXIzqI3TT47a3h0/ElWpAhdD5Q6SgU=; b=UxY20+kC40qD9fhenUgZs9sIhrQA/PlzZWfEtQ9L7L2md+68azZ7+eTQwgQWR9Q1l3 EoiEiEpLBP4vu5PL/IGPs029OqmqzbEQPVOGbLgRxrlRZ4uk4UhYq+RVODeSvSrGbHPd 8uWCNVHK21gXa3Tc05Kc9blLGoUxGCFX30Zgd5bFbXasnM7MKBdqbNkW5xO15//OiSQ3 U5wruvFmqZ4gDPy2wNLfTuwkzhaBtvwq9sRFLxdQLU49udMK1mW5GITCG9LMeIrShn8M rynnaDabqWvlLyNUYSQC5LGsnVyAwu/yKqnUBCoC/ha1DCQkhCbCv03NLO6CYMN9pGPB i8sA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwe10aoniCjfw8xsPJ8G/1N8g28bc4O4o6bMyDHTv2hqT6izsuQ5 /LJAzu4pNrY51uz1n/qPEnCZF6decNg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZqvy2kBmiZn30pdJOKWy4tU28QCF8upsPo7zzUZpDpUuTvRqM8Ld/dwXBcbWIjdfODoPFdzxg== X-Received: by 2002:adf:972c:: with SMTP id r41-v6mr1653997wrb.79.1526490344845; Wed, 16 May 2018 10:05:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([2a00:23c5:be9a:5200:ce4c:82c0:d567:ecbb]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f6-v6sm3361428wrj.66.2018.05.16.10.05.43 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Wed, 16 May 2018 10:05:43 -0700 (PDT) From: luca.boccassi@gmail.com To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: yliu@fridaylinux.org, ktraynor@redhat.com, thomas@monjalon.net, Luca Boccassi Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 18:05:38 +0100 Message-Id: <20180516170538.21784-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.14.2 In-Reply-To: <20180516143134.24838-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com> References: <20180516143134.24838-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: advise to specify LTS branch when backporting patches 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: Wed, 16 May 2018 17:05:45 -0000 From: Luca Boccassi We have many stable branches being maintained at the same time, and sometimes it's not clear which branch a patch is being backported for. Note in the guidelines that it should be specified via the cover letter, annotation or using --subject-prefix. Also note to send only to stable@dpdk.org, not dev@dpdk.org. Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi --- v2: hint that --subject-prefix is required, fix typos doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst index 2287835f9..47c41288e 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst @@ -450,6 +450,14 @@ Experienced committers may send patches directly with ``git send-email`` without The options ``--annotate`` and ``confirm = always`` are recommended for checking patches before sending. +Backporting patches for Stable Releases +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Sometimes a maintainer or contributor wishes, or can be asked, to send a patch for a stable release rather than mainline. In this case the patch(es) should be sent to ``stable@dpdk.org``, not to ``dev@dpdk.org``. + +Given that there are multiple stable releases being maintained at the same time, please specify exactly which branch(es) the patch is for using ``git send-email --subject-prefix='16.11' ...`` and also optionally in the cover letter or in the annotation. + + The Review Process ------------------ -- 2.14.2