Re: Backports to 1.1.1 and what is allowed

I’d also support 11968 being merged. I find the recent discussion and the likelihood of all major distros (supporting the S390x) picking up the patches fairly compelling, especially since the same people will be maintaining it. I would need to go and double check the non-S390x specific parts fo

Re: Backports to 1.1.1 and what is allowed

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 02:03:58PM +0100, Matt Caswell wrote: > PR 11188 proposes to backport a series of s390x patches to the 1.1.1 > branch. IIUC it includes performance improvements as well as support for > new hardware instructions. > > I think we need to have a much clearer and more explicit

Monthly Status Report (May 2020)

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Backports to 1.1.1 and what is allowed

PR 11188 proposes to backport a series of s390x patches to the 1.1.1 branch. IIUC it includes performance improvements as well as support for new hardware instructions. I think we need to have a much clearer and more explicit policy about exactly what is allowed to be backported to a stable branch