On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 20:26 +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > On Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 06:25:26AM -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote: > > To help make the stable branch more active than it has been in the > > past, I'd like to split the stable branch into a separate tree to > > allow the tree to develop a life of its own over time. > > > > I'd like to begin this process with 0.14 and as such, have created a > > new stable tree at git://git.qemu.org/qemu-stable-0.14.git. > > > > Justin Forbes has volunteered to help collect patches for this tree. > > The same stable rules still apply: patches should go into master > > first except for rare exceptions where that's feasible. > > > > I think this kind of job is more than just collecting patches, it also > means following the development, to identify patches that may apply to > stable, possibly asking the authors their opinion if the patch should be > applied to stable.
Absolutely, though it is also very helpful if the maintainers let us know when they think a patch needs to be in stable as well. Justin
