Hi all,
since we now have two of the “new” style LTS release branches, 7.1.x and 8.0.x,
it gets more problematic to deal with backport requests. The issue comes down
to the fact that a PR can only have one Milestone. My suggestion is as follow:
1. The latest LTS branch has priority on doing “simple” cherry-picks,
and therefore, can update the Milestone accordingly.
2. All other LTS branches will always require a second PR against that
particular branch.
For #2, the RM (e.g. me for 7.1.x) is at liberty to do such a PR him/herself,
however, the person proposing a Backport should be willing and expected to make
the PR if asked. Therefore, if you are not willing, or interested, in making
such backport PRs, please don’t propose a PR to be back ported to an older LTS
branch.
I hope this makes sense?
— Leif
