18/04/2018 14:28, Ferruh Yigit: > On 4/18/2018 10:14 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 18/04/2018 11:05, Ferruh Yigit: > >> On 4/11/2018 12:28 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > >>> - <p>Typically a new stable release version follows a mainline release > >>> - by 1-2 weeks, depending on the test results. > >>> + <p>The first stable release (.1) of a branch should follow > >>> + its mainline release (.0) by at least two months, > >>> + after the first release candidate (-rc1) of the next branch. > >> > >> Hi Thomas, > >> > >> What this change suggest? To be able to backport patches from rc1? > > > > Yes, it is the proposal we discussed earlier. > > We can wait one week after RC1 to get some validation confirmation. > > Do you agree? > > This has been discussed in tech-board, what I remember the decision was to > wait > the release to backport patches into stable tree.
It was not so clear to me. I thought post-rc1 was acceptable. The idea is to speed-up stable releases pace, especially first release of a series.
