From: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
To: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>,
Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xen.org>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>,
Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: Re: Which trees are supported (Was: Re: [qemu-upstream-4.2-testing test] 77180: regressions - FAIL)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 16:02:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <22158.35833.90014.57330@mariner.uk.xensource.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1452168058.21055.203.camel@citrix.com>
Ian Campbell writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] Which trees are supported (Was: Re: [qemu-upstream-4.2-testing test] 77180: regressions - FAIL)"):
> Did we stop adding backports to staging-4.4 in September, i.e. is 4.4.4
> going to be fixes from August-September + security issues until the release
> date?
My usual approach with backports is to apply them back until either
(a) they don't apply or
(b) I reach the first tree which is out of security support.
In the case (a) I make a personal decision whether to either (i) spend
my own effort adapting the backport or (ii) tell someone (the
submitter, often) and give them the opportunity to supply a backport.
In both cases (a) and (b), the nominal support status of the old tree
is a factor, but not determinative.
I avoid making /any/ changes to trees which are out of security
support, to avoid giving them the appearance of being alive.
Ian.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-07 16:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-06 18:28 [qemu-upstream-4.2-testing test] 77180: regressions - FAIL osstest service owner
2016-01-07 9:56 ` Ian Campbell
2016-01-07 11:22 ` Which trees are supported (Was: Re: [qemu-upstream-4.2-testing test] 77180: regressions - FAIL) Ian Campbell
2016-01-07 11:45 ` Jan Beulich
2016-01-07 12:00 ` Ian Campbell
2016-01-07 13:12 ` Jan Beulich
2016-01-07 16:02 ` Ian Jackson [this message]
2016-01-07 12:44 ` Lars Kurth
2016-01-07 13:09 ` Ian Campbell
2016-01-22 9:22 ` Ian Campbell
2016-01-08 12:10 ` [qemu-upstream-4.2-testing test] 77180: regressions - FAIL Ian Jackson
2016-01-14 9:54 ` Ian Campbell
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