

[xen staging] Introduce a description of the Backport and Fixes tags

commit f093b08c47b39da6019421a2b61d40745b3e573b
Author:     Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue Apr 21 11:29:46 2020 -0700
Commit:     Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri Apr 24 10:47:56 2020 -0700

    Introduce a description of the Backport and Fixes tags
    Create a new document under docs/process to describe our special tags.
    Add a description of the Fixes tag and the new Backport tag. Also
    clarify that lines with tags should not be split.
    Acked-by: Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    CC: jbeulich@xxxxxxxx
    CC: george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx
    CC: julien@xxxxxxx
    CC: lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx
    CC: andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx
    CC: konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/process/tags.pandoc b/docs/process/tags.pandoc
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+Tags: No line splitting
+Do not split a tag across multiple lines, tags are exempt from the
+"wrap at 75 columns" rule in order to simplify parsing scripts.  For
+        Fixes: 67d01cdb5518 ("x86: infrastructure to allow converting certain 
indirect calls to direct ones")
+Fixes Tag
+the SHA-1 ID, and the one line summary.
+        [core]
+                abbrev = 12
+        [pretty]
+                fixes = Fixes: %h (\"%s\")
+Backport Tag
+A backport tag is an optional tag in the commit message to request a
+given commit to be backported to the released trees:
+    Backport: 4.9+
+It marks a commit for being a candidate for backports to all released
+trees from 4.9 onward.
+The backport requester is expected to specify which currently supported
+releases need the backport; but encouraged to specify a release as far
+back as possible which applies. If the requester doesn't know the oldest
+affected tree, they are encouraged to append a comment like the
+    Backport: 4.9+ # maybe older
+Maintainers request the Backport tag to be added on commit. Contributors
+are welcome to mark their patches with the Backport tag when they deem
+appropriate. Maintainers will request for it to be removed when that is
+not the case.
+Please note that the Backport tag is a **request** for backport, which
+will still need to be evaluated by the maintainers. Maintainers might
+ask the requester to help with the backporting work if it is not
+When possible, please use the Fixes tag instead (or in addition).
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