Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH stable master] README: indicate master branch is not used

[Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>]

On Wed, 2020-03-11 at 11:20 +0000, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> There has been a commit history on the dpdk-stable repo
> master branch even though it is not actively used or really
> defined what should be there. This is the default branch when
> cloning the repo so it can be confusing.
> 
> Drop all history on dpdk-stable repo master branch back to the
> initial commit and add to the existing README blurb that
> stable/LTS branches should be used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
> 
> ---
> Note, this is intended to be in conjunction with 'git reset --hard'
> to the initial DPDK commit on the dpdk-stable repo master branch.
> ---
>  README | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 README
> 
> diff --git a/README b/README
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..7defb70606
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/README
> @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
> +DPDK is a set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing.
> +It supports many processor architectures and both FreeBSD and Linux.
> +
> +The DPDK uses the Open Source BSD-3-Clause license for the core
> libraries
> +and drivers. The kernel components are GPL-2.0 licensed.
> +
> +Please check the doc directory for release notes,
> +API documentation, and sample application information.
> +
> +For questions and usage discussions, subscribe to: users@dpdk.org
> +Report bugs and issues to the development mailing list: dev@dpdk.org
> +
> +This is the master branch of the dpdk-stable repo. It is unused.
> +
> +Please switch branch to one of the stable/LTS branches.
> +
> +Details of currently maintained stable/LTS branches are available
> at:
> +https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#stable
> +
> +Releases from current and previously maintained stable/LTS branches
> +are available via git tags or at: https://core.dpdk.org/download/

Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>

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Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi