[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [DOCDAY] Maintenance Release Policy
>>> On 26.11.12 at 18:24, Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 16:37 +0000, Jan Beulich wrote: >> >>> On 26.11.12 at 16:58, Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > Changesets are nominated for inclusion in the stable branch by making a >> > request to the stable maintainer on xen-devel either by noting it as >> > such in the submission of the original patch to xen-unstable or by a >> > subsequent explicit email to xen-devel. >> >> I think we should explicitly require the person expected to do the >> backport to be Cc-ed; I for myself don't get around to read _all_ >> mails on xen-devel, and hence with a badly chosen subject it is not >> impossible (albeit also not likely) for me to miss such a request >> otherwise. >> >> Furthermore, the branch maintainer should imo explicitly be given >> discretion to pull in patches without explicit request on the list > > How about this, I don't think we need to explicitly consider the "please > revert it" case -- should be self evident? Looks good to me. Jan > 8<---------------------------------------- > > Changesets are included in the stable branch at the discretion of the > branch maintainer. > > As well as changesets identified by the branch maintainer as being suitable > for backport changes can also be nominated for inclusion in the stable > branch by making a request to the stable maintainer on xen-devel > either by noting it as such in the submission of the original patch to > xen-unstable or by a subsequent explicit email to xen-devel. Such > requests should be copied to the relevant stable maintainer. In > addition as part of the the stable release process the stable > maintainer will send one or more requests to xen-devel soliciting > suggestions for patches which should be included. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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