[dpdk-dev,v1,2/2] 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>
---
doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
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On 1/9/2018 9:21 PM, Marko Kovacevic wrote:
> 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>
> ---
> doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> index e6b6e80..f98e601 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> @@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ Coverity issue tag should be inserted into the commit message body as so::
>
> 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 so::
> +
> + 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>
>
you may also give reference to
http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/contributing/stable.html
> Creating Patches
> ----------------
>
Sure thing will do.
<...>
> > +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 so::
> > +
> > + 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>
> >
>
> you may also give reference to
> http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/contributing/stable.html
>
>
> > Creating Patches
> > ----------------
> >
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ Coverity issue tag should be inserted into the commit message body as so::
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 so::
+
+ 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>
Creating Patches
----------------