Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabell...@xilinx.com> CC: jbeul...@suse.com CC: george.dun...@citrix.com CC: jul...@xen.org CC: lars.ku...@citrix.com CC: andrew.coop...@citrix.com CC: ian.jack...@eu.citrix.com CC: konrad.w...@oracle.com CC: w...@xen.org --- docs/process/backport-tag.pandoc | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/process/backport-tag.pandoc
diff --git a/docs/process/backport-tag.pandoc b/docs/process/backport-tag.pandoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e570efdcc8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/process/backport-tag.pandoc @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Backport Tag +------------ + +A backport tag is an optional tag in the commit message to request a +given commit to be backported to the stable trees: + + Backport: all + +It marks a commit for being a candidate for backports to all relevant +trees. + + Backport: 4.9+ + +It marks a commit for being a candidate for backports to all stable +trees from 4.9 onward. + +Maintainers request the Backport tag to be added on commit. +Contributors are also welcome to mark their patches with the Backport +tag when they deem appropriate. Maintainers will request for it to be +removed when that is not the case. + +Please note that the Backport tag is a **request** for backport, which +will still need to be evaluated by the stable tree maintainers. -- 2.17.1 _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel
