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| author | Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> | 2013-12-12 23:07:26 -0800 |
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| committer | Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> | 2013-12-12 23:10:53 -0800 |
| commit | d6c8365795c4fb1af83b79f26f782e0834f6bdfc (patch) | |
| tree | e5284dc8c324c284aad9dd5148f68da5b6cf5ec1 /docs | |
| parent | 16c2919972bb477e6c0fd025eca450259c6a78e2 (diff) | |
docs: Update note regarding nominating patches for the stable branch.
This brings the documentation up to date with the current practice of using
the CC syntax for patch nomination.
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/devinfo.html | 21 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/devinfo.html b/docs/devinfo.html index 38c052ae966..a9d8b4f7db8 100644 --- a/docs/devinfo.html +++ b/docs/devinfo.html @@ -190,11 +190,26 @@ you should add an appropriate note to the commit message. Here are some examples of such a note: </p> <ul> - <li>NOTE: This is a candidate for the 9.0 branch.</li> - <li>NOTE: This is a candidate for the 8.0 and 9.0 branches.</li> - <li>NOTE: This is a candidate for the stable branches.</li> + <li>CC: <mesa-stable@lists.freedesktop.org></li> + <li>CC: "9.2 10.0" <mesa-stable@lists.freedesktop.org></li> + <li>CC: "10.0" <mesa-stable@lists.freedesktop.org></li> </ul> +Simply adding the CC to the mesa-stable list address is adequate to nominate +the commit for the most-recently-created stable branch. It is only necessary +to specify a specific branch name, (such as "9.2 10.0" or "10.0" in the +examples above), if you want to nominate the commit for an older stable +branch. And, as in these examples, you can nominate the commit for the older +branch in addition to the more recent branch, or nominate the commit +exclusively for the older branch. + +This "CC" syntax for patch nomination will cause patches to automatically be +copied to the mesa-stable@ mailing list when you use "git send-email" to send +patches to the mesa-dev@ mailing list. Also, if you realize that a commit +should be nominate for the stable branch after it has already been commited, +you can send a note directly to the mesa-stable@lists.freedesktop.org where +the Mesa stable-branch maintainers will receive it. Be sure to mention the +commit ID of the commit of interest (as it appears in the mesa master branch). <h2>Cherry-picking candidates for a stable branch</h2> |