From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by dpdk.space (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B918A0679 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2019 15:36:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D937B1B4ED; Fri, 5 Apr 2019 15:36:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02F011B4E1; Fri, 5 Apr 2019 15:36:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94AF526457; Fri, 5 Apr 2019 09:36:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 05 Apr 2019 09:36:10 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=P/DlDavSTsbwYRacX3I7kB5AkoM5jodSt0g5Hc1kPHQ=; b=Ua9pAMBPzV03 TwWP6fGYQe7gwYphveBqKxw34JGSegM12Dcin1orXaskwajAev6YeJluOezV/bjH 7Ixx2A95PzuVgp9w8ej2IDqkWYR5NfF/dOYZXkwan5TdvPh0H6QekpL86kBZj2fJ yNEGnEl0Fq6cIj0p1PrMIWmzFrbBSck= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=P/DlDavSTsbwYRacX3I7kB5AkoM5jodSt0g5Hc1kP HQ=; b=iYsNrjK2Lb+dl9IIEwXVE3xIRnGCUwV6sHN3XLsPSAF869LnxVKXWiM9+ 26UStljqwTCGGdm+njDCjUHJy7bidHKV1t4Lt21ujOPhswCfPADDX37FBv5ywjAI 8Vk6D/Q2qROfe1RaDD7GMi3J+14SpV4Krmq7DYwtWhfGfelJBfPpAT0NWrkRberj jB5L+tJQzgTg4TU710EDsmLuLPKO73b3eibXKA06l3dvW8Jr33H9hVBfXI8XlieQ 24a90Y7bak3yOYaSHq2/ubwmJJMq540GgwynDKJIwSVlKpIBk69lN47xI77IKerC bUlMpcARZmXkocOfFYYARsKhPR+mQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduuddrtdejgdeivdculddtuddrgedutddrtddtmd cutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdp uffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivg hnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenucfjughrpefhvffufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvden ucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghsucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrg hlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucfkphepjeejrddufeegrddvtdefrddukeegnecurfgrrhgrmhep mhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtnecuvehluhhsth gvrhfuihiivgeptd X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 83BAC10319; Fri, 5 Apr 2019 09:36:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Kevin Traynor Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Luca Boccassi , john.mcnamara@intel.com, marko.kovacevic@intel.com, stable@dpdk.org Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 15:36:07 +0200 Message-ID: <4799937.eJFYRDrzXT@xps> In-Reply-To: <65000618657f3eef2b1ba5f802ea59bc0ff81d5e.camel@debian.org> References: <20190322114400.3745-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> <20190327172206.16187-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> <65000618657f3eef2b1ba5f802ea59bc0ff81d5e.camel@debian.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: note validation and timeline required for stables 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Message-ID: <20190405133607.ViJa4ZHQLwt1eLxX884bFkrBvWjKQgINTxgntrIcMZ8@z> 27/03/2019 18:25, Luca Boccassi: > On Wed, 2019-03-27 at 17:22 +0000, Kevin Traynor wrote: > > If a stable branch for a specific DPDK release is to proceed, > > along with needing a maintainer, there should also be commitment > > from major contributors for validation of the releases. > > > > Also, as decided in the March 27th techboard, to facilitate user > > planning, a release should be designated as a stable release > > no later than 1 month after it's initial master release. > > > > Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor > > --- > > > > v2: add 1 month deadline to designate as stable release. > > I didn't add v1 acks, as this is something new. > > > > --- a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst > > @@ -27,5 +27,7 @@ Stable Releases > > > > Any major release of DPDK can be designated as a Stable Release if a > > -maintainer volunteers to maintain it. > > +maintainer volunteers to maintain it and there is a commitment from > > major > > +contributors to validate it before releases. If a release is to be > > designated > > +as a Stable Release, it should be done by 1 month after the master > > release. > > > > A Stable Release is used to backport fixes from an ``N`` release > > back to an > > Acked-by: Luca Boccassi Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon Applied, thanks