Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 17:58:38 +1100 From: Kubilay Kocak <koobs@FreeBSD.org> To: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Requesting MFC's Message-ID: <56B2F69E.1000404@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <56B2F33D.2060106@freebsd.org> References: <56B2B854.2030904@shrew.net> <56B2EC93.9020409@FreeBSD.org> <56B2F33D.2060106@freebsd.org>
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On 4/02/2016 5:44 PM, Allan Jude wrote: > On 2016-02-04 01:15, Kubilay Kocak wrote: >> On 4/02/2016 1:32 PM, Matthew Grooms wrote: >>> All, >>> >>> What is the correct way to request that patches be committed to STABLE? >>> In particular, I'd really like to see these in 10.3-RELEASE as they have >>> been required to build a working firewall in some cases. All are related >>> to problems that were fixed in HEAD, but never MFC'd ... >>> >>> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=264915 >>> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=272695 >>> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=288529 >> >> 1) Create an issue in Bugzilla for it >> a) Assigned to original committer >> b) Set mfc-stableX flag to? >> >> Committer can then set mfc-stableX flag to + when done, or set it to - >> with comment about why not/invalid/inappropriate >> >> If a branch is in feature freeze, issues should either: >> >> - Have re@ CC'd so they can be informed of the request >> - Have maintainer-approval ? re@FreeBSD.org set so that the release >> engineering team can approve/deny changes >> >> This is also the recommended method for changes that already have >> bugzilla issues created for them. >> > > RE@ has a specific procedure for requesting approval for an MFC during a > freeze: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Releng/ChangeRequestGuidelines > I would imagine they prefer not to be added to bugzilla issues until a > committer decides it is worth MFCing something > Yes, sorry.
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