[vlc-devel] Backporting policy for 2.0

Rafaël Carré funman at videolan.org
Tue Jan 24 17:48:06 CET 2012


Le 2012-01-24 10:04, Jean-Baptiste Kempf a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> I will start to maintain 2.0 branch soon.
> 
> Here are a few guidelines:
>  - commiting in 2.0 before vlc.git is not OK;
>  - numbering and other packaging that do not make sense in vlc.git
>    are exempted from the previous rule;
> 
>  - commits should be cherry-picked and signed;
                                               -off ?

>  - if you want a fix to be backported, you can add "please BP" in the
>    commit message or on vlc-devel;
> 
>  - small fixes will be backported, as the maintainer see fit;
>  - more important fixes and improvements on modules new in 2.0 but in a
>    bad shape will be backported too;
> 
>  - backporting features must be discussed beforehand;
>  - new modules of 0 priority are easier to backport and will be
>    considered for backporting.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> 




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