[Openstack] [RFC] Stable branch

Chris Wright chrisw at sous-sol.org
Thu Oct 13 08:09:09 UTC 2011


* Mark McLoughlin (markmc at redhat.com) wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 13:58 -0400, James E. Blair wrote:
> > Mark McLoughlin <markmc at redhat.com> writes:
> > > Anyone can propose a cherry-pick to the maintainers. This helps ensure
> > > that the maintainers don't miss anything. To catch the maintainers
> > > attention, simply add
> > >
> > >  Cc: stable at openstack.org
> > 
> > Are you planning on grepping commit logs for that, or are you asking
> > people to email that address?
> 
> Yeah, it's just a marker to grep for.
> 
> Having a stable at openstack.org alias might be no harm, though.

It's been invaluable for the kernel.  Having the marker in the commit
log allows for automated propagation.  When the commit hits upstream,
email lands in the stable inbox.  Not having the mail alias isn't as big
a deal as not having the marker in the commit log, though.

Looks promising Mark.

thanks,
-chris




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