On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 9:34 AM Julien Grall <jul...@xen.org> wrote:

> From: Julien Grall <jgr...@amazon.com>
>
> Since at least Xen 4.12, the revision for external trees don't contain
> the word "unstable". So explicitely list the *_REVISION variables that
> need to be updated as part of the branching process.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <jgr...@amazon.com>
> ---
>  docs/process/branching-checklist.txt | 8 +++-----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/process/branching-checklist.txt
> b/docs/process/branching-checklist.txt
> index d1550385c96e..7004f16e8311 100644
> --- a/docs/process/branching-checklist.txt
> +++ b/docs/process/branching-checklist.txt
> @@ -69,11 +69,9 @@ ov=4.0
>      git add versions
>      git commit -m "Branch for $v"
>
> -Ensure references to qemu trees in xen.git's Config.mk are updated.
> -Check this with
> -    grep unstable Config.mk
> -which should produce no output.  Replace as necessary.
> -(There may well be none.)
> +Ensure references to qemu trees and Mini-OS in xen.git's Config.mk are
> updated.
> +The variables are QEMU_UPSTREAM_REVISION, QEMU_TRADITIONAL_REVISION and
> +MINIOS_UPSTREAM_REVISION.
>

One advantage of the previous wording was that it helped you know what the
references *weren't* supposed to look like (although it might have been
more helpful to know what the references *were* supposed to look like).
Would it make sense to add a few words about what they're supposed to look
like?

 -George

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