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@@ -115,6 +115,38 @@ performed where possible.
Achieved by combination of local ad-hoc scripts and AppVeyor plus Travis-CI,
the latter as part of their Github integration.
</p>
+<p>
+<strong>Note:</strong> If a patch in the current queue needs any additional
+fix(es), then they should be squashed together.
+<br>
+The commit messages and the <code>cherry picked from</code> tags must be preserved.
+</p>
+<p>
+This should be noted in the <a href="#prerelease">pre-announce</a> email.
+<pre>
+ git show b10859ec41d09c57663a258f43fe57c12332698e
+
+ commit b10859ec41d09c57663a258f43fe57c12332698e
+ Author: Jonas Pfeil &[email protected]&gt
+ Date: Wed Mar 1 18:11:10 2017 +0100
+
+ ralloc: Make sure ralloc() allocations match malloc()'s alignment.
+
+ The header of ralloc needs to be aligned, because the compiler assumes
+ ...
+
+ (cherry picked from commit cd2b55e536dc806f9358f71db438dd9c246cdb14)
+
+ Squashed with commit:
+
+ ralloc: don't leave out the alignment factor
+
+ Experimentation shows that without alignment factor gcc and clang choose
+ ...
+
+ (cherry picked from commit ff494fe999510ea40e3ed5827e7818550b6de126)
+</pre>
+</p>
<h2>Regression/functionality testing</h2>
@@ -290,6 +322,12 @@ Queued (NUMBER)
AUTHOR (NUMBER):
COMMIT SUMMARY
+For example:
+
+Jonas Pfeil (1):
+ ralloc: Make sure ralloc() allocations match malloc()'s alignment.
+Squashed with
+ ralloc: don't leave out the alignment factor
Rejected (NUMBER)
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