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GET /api/patches/40168/?format=api
{ "id": 40168, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/patches/40168/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20180517135335.14024-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com/", "project": { "id": 1, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/projects/1/?format=api", "name": "DPDK", "link_name": "dpdk", "list_id": "dev.dpdk.org", "list_email": "dev@dpdk.org", "web_url": "http://core.dpdk.org", "scm_url": "git://dpdk.org/dpdk", "webscm_url": "http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk", "list_archive_url": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev", "list_archive_url_format": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/{}", "commit_url_format": "" }, "msgid": "<20180517135335.14024-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com>", "list_archive_url": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20180517135335.14024-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com", "date": "2018-05-17T13:53:35", "name": "[dpdk-dev,v3] doc: advise to specify LTS branch when backporting patches", "commit_ref": null, "pull_url": null, "state": "accepted", "archived": true, "hash": "ee2b6ceaae8bfc1130d96aaf6b034fa58a855e02", "submitter": { "id": 566, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/people/566/?format=api", "name": "Luca Boccassi", "email": "luca.boccassi@gmail.com" }, "delegate": { "id": 1, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/users/1/?format=api", "username": "tmonjalo", "first_name": "Thomas", "last_name": "Monjalon", "email": "thomas@monjalon.net" }, "mbox": "http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20180517135335.14024-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com/mbox/", "series": [], "comments": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/patches/40168/comments/", "check": "success", "checks": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/patches/40168/checks/", "tags": {}, "related": [], "headers": { "Return-Path": "<dev-bounces@dpdk.org>", "X-Original-To": "patchwork@dpdk.org", "Delivered-To": "patchwork@dpdk.org", "Received": [ "from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1])\n\tby dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4EB56CD6;\n\tThu, 17 May 2018 15:53:41 +0200 (CEST)", "from mail-wm0-f43.google.com (mail-wm0-f43.google.com\n\t[74.125.82.43]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A0256CD3\n\tfor <dev@dpdk.org>; Thu, 17 May 2018 15:53:40 +0200 (CEST)", "by mail-wm0-f43.google.com with SMTP id l1-v6so9298223wmb.2\n\tfor <dev@dpdk.org>; Thu, 17 May 2018 06:53:40 -0700 (PDT)", "from localhost (slip139-92-244-193.lon.uk.prserv.net.\n\t[139.92.244.193]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id\n\tm35-v6sm5535464wrm.51.2018.05.17.06.53.38\n\t(version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256);\n\tThu, 17 May 2018 06:53:38 -0700 (PDT)" ], "DKIM-Signature": "v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025;\n\th=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references;\n\tbh=d5a67dVUAW5yQivVOXf6v4drk7MPnwHp6UEbFdR6S34=;\n\tb=jJCDmpq8v9in3N43P+mCYdAPYG5r3QD9Kw51x8KOd4hFX+bjeRi2t8Dp/cM/7hptK4\n\tpd3AnK8vuZKrYyC8/di5q9DrsUUwrc0CsxxbT0zRcUHo6Kv5RehO+u7KF9A/j5TibE5F\n\tggAhVTiaogk75DWr6TMEdJci8opx2RqX/Qt+XgvMSUA8YYUQu9oEWjpk2c5jrNLVRZjG\n\tO07Vh2N1jITOX/Zh6qTh3UaXKxY5WjHZf9fUfspCsI82HRpjALO3Tvr00kLoezCWfRab\n\tbgYu/unU81zO79KJYA2vhywmpevbl6pLv+XyeovDtgpXIKpi+f5grp26tAiym/YcOyEE\n\tIqRw==", "X-Google-DKIM-Signature": "v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;\n\td=1e100.net; s=20161025;\n\th=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to\n\t:references;\n\tbh=d5a67dVUAW5yQivVOXf6v4drk7MPnwHp6UEbFdR6S34=;\n\tb=pnlfAUf3bzkRLlVKw6KAebeDkRQFHefCYARTIsFQYnZ75G7gwSBIugrIP6KkYD819Z\n\tKe1OX757HAwF2p0kuf6M6lYJD5QrubEf7DYZVhWm7Jz39p29FBCNSKO+NkMDwModzztM\n\tJXHD4wtIlUHREPd9F7XVSWfkagXmB1bpGqSOP3nISGXAaifeBh2XzleY39qnsN0UgpLZ\n\tPowa7UmYsAS+dcnUbmDs0STZN3x0jMNB+FvlUnxmTogt83gBxLh5AoZDYvE3rWPk0QuA\n\tUep80JgsrQsAuQeruT0hzVGbBLksGJoa/57hkdeEksMkpTtRkZG7D8zV22HNWS1RX8Yv\n\t4m8g==", "X-Gm-Message-State": "ALKqPwcYULdCCYePbEP1wT2e8DUNNHzPxahTYvsw1/F2R+Edsuk4gWX1\n\ty2WUL4NfskDVlQmN331MLcI9vzCh", "X-Google-Smtp-Source": "AB8JxZr4MNXP2I0HjFtK9ufb/qXOUR40mRt7oqa0JILCRsRZIhqDS6ZzeVHWMaRhgTQR3SlCtUsfqg==", "X-Received": "by 2002:a1c:d046:: with SMTP id\n\th67-v6mr1841870wmg.80.1526565219559; \n\tThu, 17 May 2018 06:53:39 -0700 (PDT)", "From": "luca.boccassi@gmail.com", "To": "dev@dpdk.org", "Cc": "yliu@fridaylinux.org, ktraynor@redhat.com, thomas@monjalon.net,\n\tLuca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>", "Date": "Thu, 17 May 2018 14:53:35 +0100", "Message-Id": "<20180517135335.14024-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com>", "X-Mailer": "git-send-email 2.14.2", "In-Reply-To": "<20180516170538.21784-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com>", "References": "<20180516170538.21784-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com>", "Subject": "[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] doc: advise to specify LTS branch when\n\tbackporting patches", "X-BeenThere": "dev@dpdk.org", "X-Mailman-Version": "2.1.15", "Precedence": "list", "List-Id": "DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org>", "List-Unsubscribe": "<https://dpdk.org/ml/options/dev>,\n\t<mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe>", "List-Archive": "<http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/>", "List-Post": "<mailto:dev@dpdk.org>", "List-Help": "<mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help>", "List-Subscribe": "<https://dpdk.org/ml/listinfo/dev>,\n\t<mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe>", "Errors-To": "dev-bounces@dpdk.org", "Sender": "\"dev\" <dev-bounces@dpdk.org>" }, "content": "From: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>\n\nWe have many stable branches being maintained at the same time, and\nsometimes it's not clear which branch a patch is being backported for.\nNote in the guidelines that it should be specified via the cover letter,\nannotation or using --subject-prefix.\nAlso note to send only to stable@dpdk.org, not dev@dpdk.org.\n\nSigned-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>\n---\nv3: break long lines, fix subject-prefix argument to include PATH\n\nv2: hint that --subject-prefix is required, fix typos\n\n doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 12 ++++++++++++\n 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)", "diff": "diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst\nindex 2287835f9..c077e341a 100644\n--- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst\n+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst\n@@ -450,6 +450,18 @@ Experienced committers may send patches directly with ``git send-email`` without\n The options ``--annotate`` and ``confirm = always`` are recommended for checking patches before sending.\n \n \n+Backporting patches for Stable Releases\n+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n+\n+Sometimes a maintainer or contributor wishes, or can be asked, to send a patch for a stable release\n+rather than mainline. In this case the patch(es) should be sent to ``stable@dpdk.org``,\n+not to ``dev@dpdk.org``.\n+\n+Given that there are multiple stable releases being maintained at the same time, please specify\n+exactly which branch(es) the patch is for using ``git send-email --subject-prefix='PATCH 16.11' ...``\n+and also optionally in the cover letter or in the annotation.\n+\n+\n The Review Process\n ------------------\n \n", "prefixes": [ "dpdk-dev", "v3" ] }