From patchwork Wed May 16 14:31:34 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Luca Boccassi X-Patchwork-Id: 40107 Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Delivered-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E7A21B167; Wed, 16 May 2018 16:31:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-wr0-f194.google.com (mail-wr0-f194.google.com [209.85.128.194]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E691CAAEE for ; Wed, 16 May 2018 16:31:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wr0-f194.google.com with SMTP id q3-v6so1556514wrj.6 for ; Wed, 16 May 2018 07:31:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id; bh=2mAk6vJVs6VBtM6SxfVOjbmuGtKVHPmz7WbhKQ7HLBw=; b=PJV1BkGcQt9eGEjjJAbF/9HbLtpy2DTDI4WHNKKytD8a858zl24srP/Wu+xsGKSWUV PBX1KGaji2T4N3vhv5YZ5/8RYloRmq9rA+XUDgBaMlysfS5OyTqYmE1YmDXZ1ipQlGtx rv1wf7H1d/xaUh1Zb0PxChK3/5kuAM/Ad1FmQiRzy79EPZNtBQcTRuCnlNuuDfE9eOTr 5rNELboG5+SKF03wLmX7tubU2hxddwdRwFmZLS2uhWPhdZ+UYz8O5nE+zy2AZD2OsMsd 8ymt9pKubq3hlsyfNMkEHFVA0y9fhr/iv2kYtdgH52TPQnVTfBg8Zn7FC3m9qSgPy7N+ DkCw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id; bh=2mAk6vJVs6VBtM6SxfVOjbmuGtKVHPmz7WbhKQ7HLBw=; b=twR3dYGbCXJRpVFuLHq387lnUZ7nAxzcMZ1Qj6zfjJ2AUJ6Bjv9qe305h5nOxbQdsa gTU+eATvOthI5QzfAVyz9OmAN5Qg7rTKffxUSwEtaNEtp7az7dOY/9e3pJA7nn2ltN/n JZmgWuQpcNLwrLpIHBL7/0Y2HNjmM6Dcm/05Eevt2qVwFEglPrYc7DGZhxCHHWGRz/6/ Z4mPXrpANdUcF5MC6wsfoPKtZW181YyN8/gr/Upx8Ug1c/iczqtvKTFk7ZJiJye1elOG 7FB+uJrTrp7NL2OFbyCurKA7YfSrm4oy2c0CuxM0W3DUAw4yBN68CD/5AvrbbydbnnR4 DOHA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwdSLDQaQJockpUpvjiq6gCle70zFgdO1/2fyMVwsMtBieHdtRkH 57eiGY4hiQM8jLl0Sn+r+B+65BEkLT4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZoKlRyzNSoTagJBZzznTXepeWkZX25l3TpUVGMZLwQMmCCPP8zvQfVgHQ1b2LD2a/KD5AXFHg== X-Received: by 2002:adf:a0b9:: with SMTP id m54-v6mr1050872wrm.76.1526481106233; Wed, 16 May 2018 07:31:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (slip139-92-244-193.lon.uk.prserv.net. [139.92.244.193]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i76-v6sm4250263wmd.20.2018.05.16.07.31.44 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Wed, 16 May 2018 07:31:44 -0700 (PDT) From: luca.boccassi@gmail.com To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: yliu@fridaylinux.org, ktraynor@redhat.com, thomas@monjalon.net, Luca Boccassi Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 15:31:34 +0100 Message-Id: <20180516143134.24838-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.14.2 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: advise to specify LTS branch when backporting patches X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" From: Luca Boccassi We have many stable branches being maintaned at the same time, and sometimes it's not clear which branch a patch is being backported for. Note in the guidelines that it should be specified via the cover letter, annotation or using --subject-prefix. Also note to send only to stable@dpdk.org, not dev@dpdk.org. Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi Acked-by: Kevin Traynor --- doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst index 2287835f9..1dc623a23 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst @@ -450,6 +450,14 @@ Experienced committers may send patches directly with ``git send-email`` without The options ``--annotate`` and ``confirm = always`` are recommended for checking patches before sending. +Backporting patches for Stable Releases +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Sometimes a maintainer or contributor wishes, or can be asked, to send a patch for a stable release rather than mainline. In this case the patch(es) should be sent to ``stable@dpdk.org``, not to ``dev@dpdk.org``. + +Given that there are multiple stable releases being maintained at the same time, please specify exactly which branch the patch is for in the cover letter, in the annotation or using ``git send-email --subject-prefix='16.11' ...`` + + The Review Process ------------------