On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 05:22:34PM +0100, Bernd Schmidt wrote: > On 01/16/2017 08:26 PM, Jeff Law wrote: > > On 01/13/2017 11:19 AM, Thomas Preudhomme wrote: > > > Ping? I'm not sure if an ok from Valdimir is enough or if I also need RM > > > approval. > > Vlad's approval is all you need. > > Is that a general rule? I'm never too certain on that.
Unless the branch is frozen for release (at which point all commits need RM approval) or closed, maintainers/reviewers can approve backports in the areas they are maintainers or reviewers for. Of course good judgement should be used on what should be backported and what should not. Jakub