<tt><font size=2>> From: Kyle Mestery <mestery@mestery.com></font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>> To: "OpenStack Development Mailing List
(not for usage questions)" <br>> <openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org></font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>> Date: 01/03/2016 02:15 PM</font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>> Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [devstack] [neutron]
Procedure for <br>> back-porting a bug fix to stable/liberty branch of a Neutron script
<br>> in DevStack?</font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>> <br>> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Mike Spreitzer <mspreitz@us.ibm.com>
wrote:</font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>> I would like to back-port </font></tt><a href=https://review.openstack.org/#/c/242721/><tt><font size=2>https://review.openstack.org/#/c/242721/</font></tt></a><tt><font size=2><br>> --- which fixed </font></tt><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/devstack/+bug/1469596---"><tt><font size=2>https://bugs.launchpad.net/devstack/+bug/1469596---</font></tt></a><tt><font size=2><br>> to stable/liberty. I have contributed to main line development
<br>> before, but not stable branches. I see that http://<br>> docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.htmldoes not specifically<br>> address this case. What is the procedure to follow?<br></font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>> The best place to look is in the project team
guide [1], <br>> specifically the section on proposing fixes.<br>> <br>> [1] </font></tt><a href="http://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/stable-branches.html"><tt><font size=2>http://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/stable-branches.html</font></tt></a><tt><font size=2><br>> [2] </font></tt><a href="http://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/stable-"><tt><font size=2>http://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/stable-</font></tt></a><tt><font size=2><br>> branches.html#proposing-fixes<br></font></tt><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Regarding the mechanics, I was given
the following alternate recipe in a discussion on #openstack-neutron; I
assume it is pretty much equivalent.</font><br><br><font size=3>"do something like 'git checkout -b libery/backport/###
remotes/origin/stable/liberty' then 'git pull' then 'git review -X ###'
then push it for review"</font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks,<br>Mike</font><br><BR>