[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: note validation commitment required for stables

Luca Boccassi bluca at debian.org
Fri Mar 22 14:30:06 CET 2019


On Fri, 2019-03-22 at 11:44 +0000, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> If a stable branch for a specific DPDK release is to proceed,
> along with needing a maintainer, there should also be commitment
> from major contributors for validation of the releases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst
> b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst
> index 4214103b3..0130991e2 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst
> @@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ Stable Releases
>  
>  Any major release of DPDK can be designated as a Stable Release if a
> -maintainer volunteers to maintain it.
> +maintainer volunteers to maintain it and there is a commitment from
> major
> +contributors to validate it before releases.
>  
>  A Stable Release is used to backport fixes from an ``N`` release
> back to an

Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi


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