[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/22] backport feature support to DPDK 20.11

[Thomas Monjalon]

04/08/2021 10:48, Min Hu (Connor):
> 在 2021/8/4 15:54, Thomas Monjalon 写道:
> > 04/08/2021 03:20, Min Hu (Connor):
> >> Hi, all,
> >>       Features could be backport to TLS version? It is surprising.
> > 
> > No it cannot, but you skipped the interesting part of the message:
> > "
> > They are not for LTS upstream, just for customer to cherrypick.
> > "
> Hi, Thomas,
> "just for customer to cherrypick."  -- what doet it mean?
> It means that it tells users to backport the patches to 20.11 if they 
> need the features?

Yes anyone can use the patches from the mailing list on their own.

> I cannot understand why this set of patches are sent to dev at dpdk.org ?

Here the mailing list is used as "patch storage".
In patchwork, the state is changed to "Not Applicable".