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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, john.mcnamara@intel.com, bluca@debian.org,
	yskoh@mellanox.com, christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com,
	aconole@redhat.com, ferruh.yigit@intel.com, techboard@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] docs: add default that all fixes should be backported
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2018 17:22:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4890282.64px6iNzis@xps> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1530313843-32721-1-git-send-email-ktraynor@redhat.com>

30/06/2018 01:10, Kevin Traynor:
> Set the starting point that all commits on master branch
> with Fixes tag should be backported to relevant stable/LTS
> branches, and explain that the submitter may indicate it is
> not suitable for backport.
> 
> 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 <ktraynor@redhat.com>
> Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
> Acked-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
> ---
> -Backporting should be limited to bug fixes.
> +Backporting should be limited to bug fixes. All patches accepted on the master
> +branch with a Fixes: tag should be backported to the relevant stable/LTS
> +branches, unless the submitter indicates otherwise. If there are exceptions,
> +they will be discussed on the mailing lists.
> +
> +Fixes suitable for backport should have a ``Cc: stable@dpdk.org`` tag in the
> +commit message body 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 <alex.smith@example.com>
> +
> +
> +Fixes not suitable for backport should not include the ``Cc: stable@dpdk.org`` tag.

Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>

The technical board reviewed it and approve this clarified guideline.

Thanks

  reply	other threads:[~2018-07-04 15:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-06-21 16:00 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] docs: add default that all fixes are backported Kevin Traynor
2018-06-21 16:14 ` Luca Boccassi
2018-06-21 16:45 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-06-29 16:15   ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-06-29 21:39     ` Kevin Traynor
2018-06-29 21:56       ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-06-21 18:00 ` Aaron Conole
2018-06-29 21:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] docs: add default that all fixes should be backported Kevin Traynor
2018-06-29 22:02   ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-06-29 23:15     ` Kevin Traynor
2018-06-29 23:10   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] " Kevin Traynor
2018-07-04 15:22     ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2018-07-11 21:04       ` Thomas Monjalon

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