[dpdk-dev,v3,2/2] doc: add guidelines for stable tags
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Added contribution guideline for adding stable
tags when sending patches all fix patches to the
master branch that are candidates for backporting
Signed-off-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>
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doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kovacevic, Marko
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 9:13 AM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Yigit, Ferruh
> <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; hemant.agrawal@nxp.com; Kovacevic, Marko
> <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] doc: add guidelines for stable tags
>
> Added contribution guideline for adding stable
> tags when sending patches all fix patches to the
> master branch that are candidates for backporting
>
> Signed-off-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>
The commit message shouldn't be indented. Apart from that:
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
On 1/16/2018 4:37 PM, Mcnamara, John wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kovacevic, Marko
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 9:13 AM
>> To: dev@dpdk.org
>> Cc: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Yigit, Ferruh
>> <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; hemant.agrawal@nxp.com; Kovacevic, Marko
>> <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
>> Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] doc: add guidelines for stable tags
>>
>> Added contribution guideline for adding stable
>> tags when sending patches all fix patches to the
>> master branch that are candidates for backporting
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
>> Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>
>
> The commit message shouldn't be indented. Apart from that:
>
> Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
@@ -277,6 +277,23 @@ body of the commit message. For example::
Signed-off-by: Alex Smith <alex.smith@example.com>
+Patch for Stable Releases:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+All fix patches to the master branch that are candidates for backporting
+should also be CCed to the `stable@dpdk.org <http://dpdk.org/ml/listinfo/stable>`_
+mailing list. In the commit message body the Cc: stable@dpdk.org should be inserted as follows::
+
+ doc: fix some parameter description
+
+ Update the docs, fixing description of some parameter.
+
+ Fixes: abcdefgh1234 ("doc: add some parameter")
+ Cc: stable@dpdk.org
+
+ Signed-off-by: Alex Smith <alex.smith@example.com>
+
+For further information on stable contribution you can go here :doc:`Stable Contribution<stable>`
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