From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx3-rdu2.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3729F1BAE4 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 20:00:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B2C0C12A5; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:00:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dhcp-25.97.bos.redhat.com (unknown [10.18.25.61]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B2AC1C673; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:00:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Aaron Conole To: Kevin Traynor Cc: john.mcnamara@intel.com, bluca@debian.org, yskoh@mellanox.com, christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com, dev@dpdk.org, thomas@monjalon.net References: <1529596827-14756-1-git-send-email-ktraynor@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:00:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1529596827-14756-1-git-send-email-ktraynor@redhat.com> (Kevin Traynor's message of "Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:00:27 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.90 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.11.54.5 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.11.55.1]); Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:00:26 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.11.55.1]); Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:00:26 +0000 (UTC) for IP:'10.11.54.5' DOMAIN:'int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com' HELO:'smtp.corp.redhat.com' FROM:'aconole@redhat.com' RCPT:'' 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 18:00:27 -0000 Kevin Traynor writes: > Set the starting point that all commits on master branch > with Fixes tag are backported to relevant stable/LTS branches. > > 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 > --- Acked-by: Aaron Conole