On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Ian Jackson <ian.jack...@eu.citrix.com> wrote: > B "1(c)(maintainer)/2(a)/3(a)" > > Branch. > > Maintainers may choose to defer patch series based on risk of > conflicts with bugfixes required for 4.6. Clear communication with > submitters is required. > > Bugfixes for bugs in 4.6 will be accepted onto the 4.6 branch. > Maintainers are required to cherry pick them onto unstable. > > Bugfixes will not be accepted for unstable unless it is clear that > the bug was introduced in unstable since 4.6 branched. > > I am happy with B because it gives the relevant maintainers the > option.
Did we ever come to a conclusion on this? FWIW I think Ian's proposal B here is the most sensible: the maintainer evaluates each patch for how much work it will create them, and decides whether they want to accept that work or not. -George _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel