On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 11:51:41AM -0400, Matt Shaver wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:38:23 +0000
> Chris Morley <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > What happens is the old branch is merged up in to the newer branches.
> > This way all the branches get the bug fix.
> 
> OK, this makes a lot of sense. Of course, I had it totally backwards :)

We use the "Merging Upwards" system as described in the gitworkflows
man page.  Chris M has it right -- changes that fix bugs that are in
release branches should go directly in the oldest affected release
branch.  Then the release branches are merged upwards: v2.4_branch
into v2.5_branch, v2.5_branch into master.

At this time there may not ever be another 2.4 release, but it is not
out of the question that a bug fix would go there.  People sure may
be using this very stable branch.

Before making changes in 2.5 it's true it's best to chat with me
unless you are sure it's safe -- use your best judgement.


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