From 4f1192559707eaa7adef307f5b9ad3a444b248f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Kujau Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 22:29:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/process: Explain when tip branches get merged into mainline Explain when tip branches get merged into mainline. Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Christian Kujau Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/8a1fd8b7-9fe3-b2b5-406e-fa6f5e03e7c0@nerdbynature.de --- Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst index 178c95f..93d8a79 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst @@ -421,6 +421,9 @@ allowing themselves a breath. Please respect that. The release candidate -rc1 is the starting point for new patches to be applied which are targeted for the next merge window. +So called _urgent_ branches will be merged into mainline during the +stabilization phase of each release. + Git ^^^ -- 2.7.4