> -----Original Message----- > From: Yuanhan Liu [mailto:yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 1:24 PM > To: dev at dpdk.org > Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>; Mcnamara, John > <john.mcnamara at intel.com> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] maintainers: claim v16.07 as a stable release > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 08:21:47PM +0800, Yuanhan Liu wrote: > > Claim v16.07 as a stable release: only bug fix patches are allowed. > > And volunteer to be the maintainer. > > > > Signed-off-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com> > > Hi all, > > I will apply this patch shortly; this would literally mean I'm about to > start applying bug fixing patches to 16.07 stable branch:
Hi Yuanhan, That is good news. :-) > Besides that, here I wrote some short notes about some simple rules > applies to bug fixing patches, as well as a rough release plan I made. > This is to prvoide some rough ideas to developers/contributors on how the > stable release is gonna work. > > And here you go (I may make it into the DPDK doc). That is a good idea. Perhaps it could be a new Contributors Guide or a new section in the "Contributing Code to DPDK" doc. John