From: Emil Velikov Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 16:02:59 +0000 (+0000) Subject: docs: document the staging branch and add reference to it X-Git-Tag: upstream/19.0.0~1611 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7d9556681dc9aa23f6aba95e542e1c6e6aa01506;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fmesa.git docs: document the staging branch and add reference to it A while back we agreed that having a live/staging branch is beneficial. Sadly we forgot to document that, so here is my first attempt. Document the caveat that the branch history is not stable. CC: Andres Gomez CC: Dylan Baker Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov Reviewed-by: Juan A. Suarez --- diff --git a/docs/releasing.html b/docs/releasing.html index 87590b1..e4c770f 100644 --- a/docs/releasing.html +++ b/docs/releasing.html @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  • Overview
  • Release schedule
  • Cherry-pick and test +
  • Staging branch
  • Making a branchpoint
  • Pre-release announcement
  • Making a new release @@ -212,6 +213,25 @@ system and making some every day's use until the release may be a good idea too.

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    Staging branch

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    +A live branch, which contains the currently merge/rejected patches is available +in the main repository under staging/X.Y. For example: +

    +
    +	staging/18.1 - WIP branch for the 18.1 series
+	staging/18.2 - WIP branch for the 18.2 series
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    + +

    +Notes: +

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    • People are encouraged to test the staging branch and report regressions.
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    • The branch history is not stable and it will be rebased,
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    +

    Making a branchpoint

    diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html index b84f01c..3f97c94 100644 --- a/docs/submittingpatches.html +++ b/docs/submittingpatches.html @@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ If you are not the author of the original patch, please Cc: them in your nomination request.

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    +The current patch status can be observed in the staging branch. +

    The stable tag