Re: [PATCH for-4.19 3/3] CHANGELOG: Keep unstable section

[Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>]

On 31/10/2023 13:38, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 31/10/2023 1:31 pm, Julien Grall wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 31/10/2023 13:19, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Henry already provided a similar patch [1]. The only reason it is not
> > yet committed is because we haven't yet set a final date for 4.18 and
> > I want to avoid any clash when that patch will appear.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > [1] 20231023092123.1756426-5-Henry.Wang@xxxxxxx
> This section should not have been deleted in d9f07b06cfc9.
Why? This has always been our process. We should not ship 4.18 with the 
UNSTABLE section. So it was correct to delete it in d9f07b06cfc9.
> It's fine to have an unstable section before the 4.18 date is confirmed,
> and the section must exist before staging is re-opened for 4.19 content.
I disagree. 4.19 will not be fully re-open until we finally release. So 
I wouldn't expect any new features to be merged.
> I don't mind which of these two patches gets committed, but one of them
> is getting committed today ahead of staging re-opening.  Part of
> branching ought to ensure that this section exists.
If you want to go down that route, then please update the 
docs/process/branching-checklist.txt. Otherwise, I will continue to do 
as I did previously.
Cheers,

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Julien Grall