On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 05:39:28PM +0200, Holger Just wrote: > >> Once verified, I think this converter can be safely added to the > >> supported stable versions of HAProxy. > > > > Yes I think it can make sense to backport it at least to 1.7, it can > > help sometimes. > > That would be much appreciated. I think a backport even down to 1.6 is > pretty risk-free given that the structure there hasn't changed much > lately and the patch applies cleanly even on 1.6.0.
I have no fear about it being backported to 1.6, the thing is that we normally don't backport any feature anymore to stable branches due to the terrible experience in 1.4 where too much riskless stuff was backported, then fixed, then removed etc... making each subsequent version a pain for certain users. In practice we tend to be a bit flexible and to backport very small stuff that makes people life's easier or the whole process more reliable (eg: config warnings, ability to quit after a delay on reload), but clearly I don't want to do it past the last release. The reason is simple : if some users are still on 1.6 instead of 1.7, it's precisely because they don't want to get a single change unless it's a real bug. There are some places where changelogs and patches are all read one by one (and non-reg tests run for some time) before deciding to upgrade. And this gives incentive to users of older releases to start to consider new ones :-) Cheers, Willy
