Re: [PATCH v2] docs: add backporting and conflict resolution document

Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Oct 2023 18:42:49 +0200

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On Sat, 2023-10-14 at 13:48 +0200, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> On 14/10/2023 11:43, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > Hi Vegard,
> > 
> > On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 05:24:31PM +0200, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> > > I've now added Steven Rostedt and Willy Tarreau as well on the
> > > off-chance that they have something to say about it (Steven presented
> > > his conflict resolution method at Kernel Recipes and I think Willy is
> > > experienced with backporting), but this is in no way meant as pressure
> > > to review this patch. Here's a link to the top of the thread:
> > > 
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
> 
> (Adding Ben Hutchings to Cc as well for the same reasons.)
[...]

I previously wrote some text for CIP about reviewing stable backports.
The "Read the code" section should be applicable to writing them as
well:
<https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/cipkernelmaintenance#read_the_code>.

I didn't compare with your text so it may be that you already covered
all those points.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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