From: Marcin Bukat <marcin.bukat_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:29:45 +0100

2010/10/31 Alex Parker <parker.alex.e_at_gmail.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> 3)  Point releases
>
> Not long ago there was an email sent to the list about bug fix releases (e.g.
> 3.7.1).  I strongly feel that we should try to do this where practical.  To
> that end, I propose that a further responsibility of the RM(s) is to prod,
> poke and otherwise annoy people to backport bug fixes, or indeed to do it
> themselves if possible.  It would also be the RMs responsibility to decide
> when to do a point release, and to see through the process.

It would be nice if commits which are supposed to be backported were
marked in some way.

Marcin Bukat
Received on 2010-10-31