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| author | Emil Velikov <[email protected]> | 2018-11-07 16:02:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Emil Velikov <[email protected]> | 2018-11-15 15:48:15 +0000 |
| commit | 7d9556681dc9aa23f6aba95e542e1c6e6aa01506 (patch) | |
| tree | 61d3c423feb0ce3c0bc78b521051082eb3989b34 | |
| parent | 4ae749acf1537d63585e056210a03f89466f61b2 (diff) | |
docs: document the staging branch and add reference to it
A while back we agreed that having a live/staging branch is beneficial.
Sadly we forgot to document that, so here is my first attempt.
Document the caveat that the branch history is not stable.
CC: Andres Gomez <[email protected]>
CC: Dylan Baker <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Juan A. Suarez <[email protected]>
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/releasing.html | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/submittingpatches.html | 3 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/releasing.html b/docs/releasing.html index 87590b19301..e4c770f9186 100644 --- a/docs/releasing.html +++ b/docs/releasing.html @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ <li><a href="#overview">Overview</a> <li><a href="#schedule">Release schedule</a> <li><a href="#pickntest">Cherry-pick and test</a> +<li><a href="#stagingbranch">Staging branch</a> <li><a href="#branch">Making a branchpoint</a> <li><a href="#prerelease">Pre-release announcement</a> <li><a href="#release">Making a new release</a> @@ -212,6 +213,25 @@ system and making some every day's use until the release may be a good idea too. </p> +<h1 id="stagingbranch">Staging branch</h1> + +<p> +A live branch, which contains the currently merge/rejected patches is available +in the main repository under <code>staging/X.Y</code>. For example: +</p> +<pre> + staging/18.1 - WIP branch for the 18.1 series + staging/18.2 - WIP branch for the 18.2 series +</pre> + +<p> +Notes: +</p> +<ul> +<li>People are encouraged to test the staging branch and report regressions.</li> +<li>The branch history is not stable and it <strong>will</strong> be rebased,</li> +</ul> + <h1 id="branch">Making a branchpoint</h1> diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html index b84f01c3b37..3f97c941aa5 100644 --- a/docs/submittingpatches.html +++ b/docs/submittingpatches.html @@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ If you are not the author of the original patch, please Cc: them in your nomination request. </p> +<p> +The current patch status can be observed in the <a href="releasing.html#stagingbranch">staging branch</a>. +</p> <h3 id="thetag">The stable tag</h3> |