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authorAntonio Ojea <aojea@redhat.com>2021-09-19 15:33:35 +0200
committerAntonio Ojea <aojea@redhat.com>2021-09-20 15:13:30 +0200
commitc2bef44264eb92b938ac00d95b2bade73a698274 (patch)
tree97592aef2c97b703324f091a91f5fc6e914481d2 /contributors
parent208f7e1aed174d7f507759d390685da84c720738 (diff)
cherry-pick policy for alpha and beta features
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@@ -42,10 +42,8 @@ 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.
+A bugfix for a functional issue (not a data loss or security issue) that only
+affects an alpha feature does not qualify as a critical bug fix.
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