Re: [Xen-devel] [URGENT RFC] Branching and reopening -unstable

[Lars Kurth <lars.kurth.xen@xxxxxxxxx>]

See http://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2015-09/msg00282.html

> On 27 Aug 2015, at 15:42, George Dunlap <dunlapg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
>> B "1(c)(maintainer)/2(a)/3(a)"
>> 
>>  Branch.
>> 
>>  Maintainers may choose to defer patch series based on risk of
>>  conflicts with bugfixes required for 4.6.  Clear communication with
>>  submitters is required.
>> 
>>  Bugfixes for bugs in 4.6 will be accepted onto the 4.6 branch.
>>  Maintainers are required to cherry pick them onto unstable.
>> 
>>  Bugfixes will not be accepted for unstable unless it is clear that
>>  the bug was introduced in unstable since 4.6 branched.
>> 
>> I am happy with B because it gives the relevant maintainers the
>> option.
> 
> Did we ever come to a conclusion on this?
> 
> FWIW I think Ian's proposal B here is the most sensible: the
> maintainer evaluates each patch for how much work it will create them,
> and decides whether they want to accept that work or not.
> 
> -George
> 
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