[openstack-dev] [stable][neutron] How we handle Kilo backports

Kevin Benton blak111 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 19 03:21:02 UTC 2015


+1. Anything that lands in the high category is usually something that will
have a big operational impact.

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Ihar Hrachyshka <ihrachys at redhat.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> as per [1] I imply that all projects under stable-maint-core team
> supervision must abide the stable policy [2] which limits the types of
> backports for N-2 branches (now it’s stable/kilo) to "Only critical
> bugfixes and security patches”. With that, I remind all stable core members
> about the rule.
>
> Since we are limited to ‘critical bugfixes’ only, and since there is no
> clear definition of what ‘critical’ means, I guess we should define it for
> ourselves.
>
> In Neutron world, we usually use Critical importance for those bugs that
> break gate. High is used for those bugs that have high impact production
> wise. With that in mind, I suggest we define ‘critical’ bugfixes as
> Critical + High in LP. Comments on that?
>
> (My understanding is that we can also advocate for the change in the
> global policy if we think the ‘critical only’ rule should be relaxed, but
> till then it makes sense to stick to what policy says.)
>
> [1]
> http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-November/078649.html
> [2] http://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/stable-branches.html
>
> Ihar
>
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