[dpdk-stable] [PATCH 1/3] 3-request-backport: add hint to QUEUED_REPO

Christian Ehrhardt christian.ehrhardt at canonical.com
Thu Feb 4 13:09:01 CET 2021


When we ask for backports the code that we get sent might match latest
dpdk.org:dpdk-stable.git but not our WIP branch.

To mimimize any errors that arise out of that hint at the QUEUED_REPO
int he call for backport-help.

Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt at canonical.com>
---
 3-request-backport | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/3-request-backport b/3-request-backport
index 5749e26..d123531 100755
--- a/3-request-backport
+++ b/3-request-backport
@@ -61,7 +61,20 @@ Can authors check your patches in the following list and either:
 
 Please do either of the above by $(date --date="+7 days" "+%D").
 
+EOF
+
+if [ "$QUEUED_REPO" != "none" ]; then
+	cat << EOF
+You can find the a temporary work-in-progress branch of the coming $stable_release
+release at:
+    ${QUEUED_REPO}
+It is recommended to backport on top of that to minimize further conflicts or
+misunderstandings.
+
+EOF
+fi
 
+cat << EOF
 Some notes on $(stable_or_lts) backports:
 
 A backport should contain a reference to the DPDK main branch commit
-- 
2.30.0



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