That is assuming the RM is willing to do that and forward merge it up to the latest master.
Technically for 4.9, we supported merging into 4.7 and 4.8 and master. Once 4.9 is release, the officially supported branches will be 4.8, 4.9 and master. Rajani is correct that ideally new features will go into master and only bug fixes will be added to the older branches, but with an increased release pace, this may add unintended work on PR authors if their features don't get into the upcoming release. Hope that helps... *Will STEVENS* Lead Developer *CloudOps* *| *Cloud Solutions Experts 420 rue Guy *|* Montreal *|* Quebec *|* H3J 1S6 w cloudops.com *|* tw @CloudOps_ On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 10:46 PM, John Burwell <john.burw...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Mike, > > Anyone can submit a PR against any branch. If they can get 2 LGTMs for > it, it will be merged. After that, you could create a new 4.6 RC, and open > a vote for it. While there is nothing procedurally that prevents someone > from following this process, it is unlikely that the release vote would > muster interest to pass. > > Thanks, > -John > > > > john.burw...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London VA WC2N 4HSUK > @shapeblue > > > On Jun 16, 2016, at 2:29 AM, Tutkowski, Mike <mike.tutkow...@netapp.com> > wrote: > > > > OK - I can always deliver the plug-in for 4.6 directly to my customers > and first check it into the CloudStack repo maybe in 4.10 or later. > > > >> On Jun 16, 2016, at 12:21 AM, Rajani Karuturi <raj...@apache.org> > wrote: > >> > >> "We will only fix bugs in this release branch, no back porting of new > >> features" - > >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Release+principles+for+Apache+CloudStack+4.6+and+up > >> > >> I would prefer a PR on master for 4.9+ > >> > >> > >> > >> ~Rajani > >> > >> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 7:12 AM, Tutkowski, Mike < > mike.tutkow...@netapp.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> > >>> This is mainly a release-management question, but - of course - anyone > who > >>> knows, please feel free to comment. > >>> > >>> > >>> I have been developing a new API plug-in for a customer. The customer > is > >>> using CloudStack 4.6. > >>> > >>> > >>> I'd like to contribute the plug-in to our official repo, but I'm > wondering > >>> if I can open a PR as far back as 4.6 (and, of course, I'd like to have > >>> this plug-in in all subsequent releases, as well). > >>> > >>> > >>> Thoughts on this? > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>> Mike > >>> > >
