Could we add "adding/improving tests" to the allowed LTS backport items? I think we're shooting ourselves in the foot here.
Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <openembedded- > [email protected]> On Behalf Of Yoann Congal via > lists.openembedded.org > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 9:02 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OE-core][scarthgap][PATCH 1/2] libpcre2: Enable Ptest Support > > On Wed Feb 18, 2026 at 6:30 AM CET, Shaik Moin via lists.openembedded.org > wrote: > > Hi team, > > > > I updated master branch patch. Please check. > > Hello, > > Sorry, but this patch is not acceptable on stable branches under the > policy[0] regarless to its master merging status. > > [0]: > https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Stable_Release_and_LTS#Stable/LTS_Patch_Acc > eptance_Policies > > Regards, > > > > Thanks! > > > > On Wed, 11 Feb 2026, 2:23 pm Yoann Congal, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Wed Feb 11, 2026 at 8:23 AM CET, Shaik Moin via lists.openembedded.org > >> wrote: > >> > Install libpcre2 test suite and run it as ptest. > >> > > >> > Add tests for POSIX wrapper (pcre2posix_test), core PCRE2 engine > >> (RunTest), and grep utility (RunGrepTest). > >> > > >> > pcre2posix_test: Verifies the POSIX wrapper API > >> > RunTest: Executes the core PCRE2 test suite through pcre2test > >> > RunGrepTest: Checks pcre2grep to ensure its grepping style matching > >> works as expected with various patterns and input files. > >> > > >> > Signed-off-by: Shaik Moin <[email protected]> > >> > --- > >> > .../libpcre/libpcre2/run-ptest | 39 +++++++------------ > >> > .../recipes-support/libpcre/libpcre2_10.43.bb | 22 +++++------ > >> > 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) > >> > >> Thanks for the patches but, as I already wrote, adding ptest is not > >> usually acceptable under the stable policy[0]. That also applies to your > >> kirkstone patch. > >> > >> [0]: > >> > https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Stable_Release_and_LTS#Stable/LTS_Patch_Acc > eptance_Policies > >> > >> Regards, > >> -- > >> Yoann Congal > >> Smile ECS > >> > >> > > > -- > Yoann Congal > Smile ECS
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