[Openstack-stable-maint] The order of master patches and stable backports

Thierry Carrez thierry at openstack.org
Tue Aug 19 14:09:34 UTC 2014


Ihar Hrachyshka wrote:
> I've updated this specific rule in [1] with the following:
> 
> "(Note: some patches may get exception from this specific rule. These
> are patches that do not touch production code, like test-only patches,
> or tox.ini changes that fix major gate breakage, etc.; or security
> patches that should not take much time to merge once the patches are
> published. In those cases, stable patches may be pushed into gate
> without waiting for all consequent branches to be fixed. Warning: in
> case review process reveals issues in master patch which require
> rework after stable patches are merged, it's expected that additional
> changes are merged into stable branches to avoid unneeded difference
> between branches. So use the exception with due care.)"
> 
> Hopefully, it's clear enough. If not, please update.

It *is* clear. Thanks for adding that up!

-- 
Thierry Carrez (ttx)



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