Re: [DISCUSS] Shipping patch releases

2020-09-01 Thread Alexander Murmann
I would feel much more comfortable if the default behavior was to always port back in reverse order without skipping a support branch. This makes it much harder to forget poring to a support branch. Few things are more frustrating to users than upgrading to a new patch release to get a bug fix and

Re: [DISCUSS] Shipping patch releases

2020-08-28 Thread Owen Nichols
Sound like there is no need to clarify or amend what is already spelled out in RFC[1]: * Backports can be made to dormant support branches without requiring a proposal or votes, subject to the "exercise good judgement" clause in the RFC. * Backports to multiple support branches can be made in any