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| author | Davanum Srinivas <davanum@gmail.com> | 2021-09-18 09:03:29 -0700 |
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| committer | Davanum Srinivas <davanum@gmail.com> | 2021-09-18 09:03:29 -0700 |
| commit | b9b518513d84bafc4d2dd7a66a7a3ad68f55809d (patch) | |
| tree | 8a8ccd00fbb4c3853217407b808747b3c412bc4d | |
| parent | 80799a8465368fac813bc386e3102de0d27294b9 (diff) | |
Update cherry picks doc with a description for alpha features
Signed-off-by: Davanum Srinivas <davanum@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | contributors/devel/sig-release/cherry-picks.md | 5 |
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diff --git a/contributors/devel/sig-release/cherry-picks.md b/contributors/devel/sig-release/cherry-picks.md index d7e3a9de..012a95ae 100644 --- a/contributors/devel/sig-release/cherry-picks.md +++ b/contributors/devel/sig-release/cherry-picks.md @@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ Again, the emphasis is on critical bug fixes, e.g., - Panic, crash, hang - Security +As a counter example, we would not support backporting a bug fix to an alpha +feature in general. One condition where we would consider is if that bug caused +an issue for in another part of the system even when the alpha feature was +switched off / not in use. + If you are proposing a cherry pick and it is not a clear and obvious critical bug fix, please reconsider. If upon reflection you wish to continue, bolster your case by supplementing your PR with e.g., |