Stefan wrote on Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 00:13:55 +0200: > If it's ok, I'll just add a 1.8 backport branch and nominate it for > backporting to the 1.8-branch.
For future reference: you don't need permission to create backport branches, nor to nominate them in STATUS. You can just create branches and nominate them (with a "+1 (non-binding)" vote), at any time. https://subversion.apache.org/docs/community-guide/general.html#lightweight-branches Cheers, Daniel

