Dear all,

In order to ensure bug fixes are ported to the latest release, I've
proposed we do semi-regular "minor" releases of gem5, consisting purely of
bug fixes and improvements that don't change functionality or APIs. There's
really no fixed schedule for this, but my intention is to make a minor
release when we have a nice set of changes we feel should be on the stable
branch. This stops the problem of having lots of little "hotfixes" which
are not really urgently needed by gem5 users.

I've created a new branch, `minor-release-staging-v21-0-1` :
https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/q/project:public%252Fgem5+branch:minor-release-staging-v21-0-1

If you have a patch which you want applied as part of the minor release
then you can either:

A) Submit directly to this branch (`git push origin
HEAD:refs/for/minor-release-staging-v21-0-1`). This branch will be merged
into the stable and develop branch upon release.

B) Submit to develop, and once merged cherry-pick the change into the
minor-release-staging-v21-0-1 branch.

I suggest `B)` as this gets a fix on the develop branch faster, and no
slower to the stable, but it's up to you.

Kind regards,
Bobby
--
Dr. Bobby R. Bruce
Room 2235,
Kemper Hall, UC Davis
Davis,
CA, 95616

web: https://www.bobbybruce.net
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