[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] maintainers: claim v16.07 as a stable release

[Mcnamara, John]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yuanhan Liu [mailto:yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 1:24 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>; Mcnamara, John
> <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] maintainers: claim v16.07 as a stable release
> 
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 08:21:47PM +0800, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> > Claim v16.07 as a stable release: only bug fix patches are allowed.
> > And volunteer to be the maintainer.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com>
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I will apply this patch shortly; this would literally mean I'm about to
> start applying bug fixing patches to 16.07 stable branch:


Hi Yuanhan,

That is good news. :-)


> Besides that, here I wrote some short notes about some simple rules
> applies to bug fixing patches, as well as a rough release plan I made.
> This is to prvoide some rough ideas to developers/contributors on how the
> stable release is gonna work.
> 
> And here you go (I may make it into the DPDK doc).

That is a good idea. Perhaps it could be a new Contributors Guide or a new section in the "Contributing Code to DPDK" doc.

John