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 1A4A2A05D3 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:14:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCE9E2C2F; Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:14:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from mga18.intel.com (mga18.intel.com [134.134.136.126]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7152E11A4; Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:14:25 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by orsmga106.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 25 Mar 2019 03:14:24 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.60,256,1549958400"; d="scan'208";a="154921771" Received: from irsmsx110.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.3.25]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 25 Mar 2019 03:14:22 -0700 Received: from irsmsx104.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.5.56]) by irsmsx110.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.15.102]) with mapi id 14.03.0415.000; Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:14:21 +0000 From: "Kovacevic, Marko" To: Kevin Traynor , "dev@dpdk.org" , "Mcnamara, John" CC: "stable@dpdk.org" , "bluca@debian.org" , "yskoh@mellanox.com" , "Yigit, Ferruh" , "thomas@monjalon.net" , "stephen@networkplumber.org" Thread-Topic: [PATCH] doc: note validation commitment required for stables Thread-Index: AQHU4KSfQYxYw8XEVkuYMv0Yfd7FqqYcHugQ Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:14:20 +0000 Message-ID: <6DC05C7C5F25994B81B3F2F214251F66020AC297@IRSMSX104.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20190322114400.3745-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20190322114400.3745-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-version: 11.0.400.15 dlp-reaction: no-action x-titus-metadata-40: eyJDYXRlZ29yeUxhYmVscyI6IiIsIk1ldGFkYXRhIjp7Im5zIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvd3d3LnRpdHVzLmNvbVwvbnNcL0ludGVsMyIsImlkIjoiMTg1ODVlYmYtMDNkMC00N2EzLWJkZDgtYjRiZTc0Y2EyMDU1IiwicHJvcHMiOlt7Im4iOiJDVFBDbGFzc2lmaWNhdGlvbiIsInZhbHMiOlt7InZhbHVlIjoiQ1RQX05UIn1dfV19LCJTdWJqZWN0TGFiZWxzIjpbXSwiVE1DVmVyc2lvbiI6IjE3LjEwLjE4MDQuNDkiLCJUcnVzdGVkTGFiZWxIYXNoIjoiMCtqbUE1bTdqK2JoZ0FnQ1o4UmRHTWRKZTFCUGk0T3h2OWR1UjZoM2hGY3lcL05JVVdzdkNOYzlSNVVsV0tTbisifQ== x-ctpclassification: CTP_NT x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.180] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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" > Subject: [PATCH] doc: note validation commitment required for stables >=20 > 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: Marko Kovacevic