doc: add default that all fixes should be backported
authorKevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 23:10:43 +0000 (00:10 +0100)
committerThomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Wed, 11 Jul 2018 21:01:16 +0000 (23:01 +0200)
commit56c7ddc1381a56612018b75a848169b917bc33fb
treee01603968f225d704b5472f90a4b7d22a4d942fb
parent44e830c4e9e8eab8ac96bfe1da7d2ab362cef278
doc: add default that all fixes should be backported

Set the starting point that all commits on master branch
with Fixes tag should be backported to relevant stable/LTS
branches, and explain that the submitter may indicate it is
not suitable for backport.

Of course there will be exceptions that will crop up from time
to time that need discussion, so also add a sentence for that.

This is to ensure that there is consistency between what is
backported to stable/LTS branches, remove some subjectivity
as to what constitutes "a fix" and avoid possible conflicts
for future backports.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
Acked-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst