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 B00ACA00E6 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:30:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A45C51B5EB; Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:30:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-wm1-f67.google.com (mail-wm1-f67.google.com [209.85.128.67]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A37BB1B5EB; Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:30:08 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm1-f67.google.com with SMTP id f3so2181127wmj.4; Fri, 22 Mar 2019 06:30:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to :references:content-transfer-encoding:user-agent:mime-version; bh=MHb0WWxS9vhQtq90bKmC3zCnFDyk6Q7xdupYxTVBkl8=; b=ikawA0k6TvAe+KAKpGbk0zu32zkBRwRQ/nwLfK4Rd0TqqC83uvR2TbIWNQGXz/e8mF ZJq6btMiJLfer2iO2VMJGWLj1V0GhdYTGNK3FcXrvJXc0PJWm6kB8CqYco+EMx479XTJ EuDYWPJQ4fHEiB5qCgl9YSjWWrn/OcmTSgfhsTnR9VKh87XMYsYdxArORUv2ikMhnMDj 4jO3atbLtVoaHzeO1nvkIRVmm8DaFYgP4iR8zxcMi2dfZk4Fu0umQ/q+4VgD4NPNmih3 2+DR691oGfoDIIoICSWoyxduWQy14jGcMADka3qFMHyaCDW8c1J3dquXkLcaH2Ro7+sU P1yQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWGFWZG6SXHwnjdK+cv3Wy0pgi4MggP9GMvA4xFK3y/Pr3Q3oPu GTXw4IbQGJXC6zftBJPE0Fw= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxYwWqsW3AT3U5m+FprNPOyqeAB9AUzoF6Col2fj9eTfvcHfSsc3YnKZbFX9Lv4lhF4miWUIQ== X-Received: by 2002:a7b:cb1a:: with SMTP id u26mr3287448wmj.46.1553261408368; Fri, 22 Mar 2019 06:30:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([88.98.246.218]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u7sm9832886wrn.44.2019.03.22.06.30.07 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 22 Mar 2019 06:30:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <072efbd3bb3812b01a0da69c8fc0a6e67828c9bd.camel@debian.org> From: Luca Boccassi To: Kevin Traynor , dev@dpdk.org, john.mcnamara@intel.com, marko.kovacevic@intel.com Cc: stable@dpdk.org, yskoh@mellanox.com, ferruh.yigit@intel.com, thomas@monjalon.net, stephen@networkplumber.org Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:30:06 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20190322114400.3745-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> References: <20190322114400.3745-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.30.5-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] doc: note validation commitment required for stables X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: stable-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "stable" On Fri, 2019-03-22 at 11:44 +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. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor > --- > doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >=20 > diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst > b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst > index 4214103b3..0130991e2 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst > @@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ Stable Releases > =20 > 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. > =20 > A Stable Release is used to backport fixes from an ``N`` release > back to an Acked-by: Luca Boccassi --=20 Kind regards, Luca Boccassi