It seems that everyone who answered agrees with the proposed process and the label idea so I will change the wiki to reflect this.
Thanks, Michael Brohl ecomify GmbH www.ecomify.de[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-9481?filter=12315200&jql=project%20%3D%20OFBIZ%20AND%20issuetype%20%3D%20Bug%20AND%20status%20%3D%20Closed%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%20%22Upcoming%20Release%22
Am 11.07.17 um 10:49 schrieb Arun Patidar:
+1 for both, leave ticket open and tag it with label "backport-needed" .
smime.p7s
Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature