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authorBas Nieuwenhuizen <[email protected]>2017-04-14 23:39:15 +0200
committerBas Nieuwenhuizen <[email protected]>2017-04-15 11:37:46 +0200
commit566f2ed5716297ce60ca10c57aeddc406835c430 (patch)
tree9571106ac39ad49e1022348fa2a907d174aa8800
parent9f0dd85aa65b5eba783d6023b51deacd529cf918 (diff)
docs: Document interaction Fixes tag and stable branches.
For the next time I forget. Signed-off-by: Bas Nieuwenhuizen <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Emil Velikov <[email protected]>
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@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ Note: by removing the tag [as the commit is pushed] the patch is
Thus, drop the line <strong>only</strong> if you want to cancel the nomination.
</p>
+Alternatively, if one uses the "Fixes" tag as described in the "Patch formatting"
+section, it nominates a commit for all active stable branches that include the
+commit that is referred to.
+
<h2 id="criteria">Criteria for accepting patches to the stable branch</h2>
Mesa has a designated release manager for each stable branch, and the release