Hi all,
if you are contributing or making a commit on master, that you feel really
ought to be back ported to a stable release branch (or branches), please
remember to mark the Jira with the back port version. There is a field for this
when you “Edit” the issue.
Candidates for back porting includes
* Security fixes
* Serious crasher fixes
* Fixes for correctness / compatibility
An example of the last one could for example be if a configuration is not
backwards compatible within the major release, yet snuck into a stable branch
release.
Once a Jira is marked for back port (one or several branches), the RM for the
stable branch will examine the issue, and consult with the author if needed.
It’s up to the RM to actually do the back port cherry-picking.
Cheers,
— Leif
