> the person proposing a Backport should be willing and expected to make the PR if asked
I proposed a backport but didn't make a PR for 7.1.x because I wasn't asked to make it. Should I make the PR even if I wasn't asked to do so, or should I wait for the request from RM? Masakazu On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 12:48 AM Bryan Call <bc...@apache.org> wrote: > +1 > > -Bryan > > > On Aug 29, 2018, at 4:47 PM, Leif Hedstrom <zw...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > since we now have two of the “new” style LTS release branches, 7.1.x and > 8.0.x, it gets more problematic to deal with backport requests. The issue > comes down to the fact that a PR can only have one Milestone. My suggestion > is as follow: > > > > 1. The latest LTS branch has priority on doing “simple” > cherry-picks, and therefore, can update the Milestone accordingly. > > 2. All other LTS branches will always require a second PR against > that particular branch. > > > > > > For #2, the RM (e.g. me for 7.1.x) is at liberty to do such a PR > him/herself, however, the person proposing a Backport should be willing and > expected to make the PR if asked. Therefore, if you are not willing, or > interested, in making such backport PRs, please don’t propose a PR to be > back ported to an older LTS branch. > > > > I hope this makes sense? > > > > — Leif > > > >
