On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 07:08:59PM +0100, Konrad Weihmann wrote:
> 
> 
> On 14.12.21 19:05, Ross Burton wrote:
> >On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 at 17:46, Konrad Weihmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>If we're adding a new one, can I suggest we remove Accepted?
> >>>
> >>>A patch is either submitted to upstream but hasn't been merged
> >>>(Submitted), or the patch is taken from upstream (Backport).  Accepted
> >>
> >>No I think Accepted has its place - this is for the limbo state when
> >>upstream merged the patch but no release has been made so far.
> >>
> >>So I would keep it
> >
> >If it's merged the patch is a backport.
> 
> no quite :-)
> 
> to quote the docu:
> 
> Backport
> - Backported from new upstream version, because we are at a fixed version,
>     include upstream version info
> 
> which implies that there is an upstream *version* available
> containing that fix.
> 
> But in the end your are totally right, if it has been merged it's a
> backport, so we should also adjust the documentation of Backport to
> not mention a version as a prerequisite

I think the confusion is with the "version" - it could be interpreted as a 
new commit in project's SCM, or a full proper release.

To Ross' point - if you can point to a public commit where the patch was 
merged, it is a Backport, even if the corresponding recipe only tracks proper 
releases and cannot be updated yet.

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