[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: advise to specify LTS branch when backporting patches

[Kevin Traynor]

On 05/16/2018 06:05 PM, luca.boccassi at gmail.com wrote:
> From: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
> 
> We have many stable branches being maintained 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 at dpdk.org, not dev at dpdk.org.
> 

Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>

> Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
> ---
> 
> v2: hint that --subject-prefix is required, fix typos
> 
>  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..47c41288e 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 at dpdk.org``, not to ``dev at dpdk.org``.
> +
> +Given that there are multiple stable releases being maintained at the same time, please specify exactly which branch(es) the patch is for using ``git send-email --subject-prefix='16.11' ...`` and also optionally in the cover letter or in the annotation.
> +
> +
>  The Review Process
>  ------------------
>  
>