From f16e13c99137687cc880deb7017386f8b80d1a37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marko Kovacevic Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:12:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add contribution guidelines for stable tags Added contribution guideline for adding stable tags when sending patches all fix patches to the master branch that are candidates for backporting Signed-off-by: Marko Kovacevic Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal Acked-by: John McNamara Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon --- doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst index 24fd671222..0275db93e0 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst @@ -277,6 +277,26 @@ in the body of the commit message. For example:: Signed-off-by: Alex Smith +Patch for Stable Releases +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +All fix patches to the master branch that are candidates for backporting +should also be CCed to the `stable@dpdk.org `_ +mailing list. +In the commit message body the Cc: stable@dpdk.org should be inserted as follows:: + + doc: fix some parameter description + + Update the docs, fixing description of some parameter. + + Fixes: abcdefgh1234 ("doc: add some parameter") + Cc: stable@dpdk.org + + Signed-off-by: Alex Smith + +For further information on stable contribution you can go to +:doc:`Stable Contribution Guide `. + Creating Patches ---------------- -- 2.20.1