03/12/2021 15:04, Kevin Traynor: > On 03/12/2021 07:54, [email protected] wrote: > > From: Christian Ehrhardt <[email protected]> > > > > It was important in the past to select anything with "fix" in the > > headline, but recently more often created false positives and work > > to sort tihngs out than identifying many helpful patches. > > > > The community and processes aroudn DPDK matured enough that developers > > (rightfully) expect to rely on "Fixes:" and "stable@" marking for > > backprots. > > nit: several typos here and i think it should say "or" stable@ > > > > > Therefore do no more include patches that just include the word fix > > in the backport candidate list. > > > > Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <[email protected]> > > --- > > devtools/git-log-fixes.sh | 5 ++--- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/devtools/git-log-fixes.sh b/devtools/git-log-fixes.sh > > index 210c8dcf25..27ec9088d4 100755 > > --- a/devtools/git-log-fixes.sh > > +++ b/devtools/git-log-fixes.sh > > @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ print_help () > > cat <<- END_OF_HELP > > > > Find fixes to backport on previous versions. > > - It looks for the word "fix" in the headline or a tag "Fixes" or > > "Reverts". > > + It looks for a tag "Fixes" or "Reverts" and for recipient > > [email protected]. > > "..or for recipient [email protected]." > > Good idea, thanks. With minor fixes, > > Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]>
After one year, nits above have not been fixed, so I'm doing it myself. While at it, remove "Reverts" from help because not parsed in reality. Series applied with above changes.

