Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] misc/release-checklist: Import from xenbits:~xen/release-checklist

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 12:36:12PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> This checklist is what we use when releasing, branching, and making
> tarballs.  Right I want to commit an exact copy of the live copy kept
> on xenbits outside version control.  I am fed up of maintaining this
> outside version control, and probably xen.git is the best place to put
> it.
> 
> I have reviewed the contents and while it contains much that might be
> considered embarrassing, it doesn't contain any secrets :-).
> 
> I suggest that:
> 
>  * This file should live in misc/ rather than docs/ on the grounds
>    that no-one else is likely to ever want it.
> 
>  * We maintain the copy in xen.git#staging as the master copy for all
>    branches.  When things change they are more often changes to
>    infrastructure organisation and so on.  So the file will continue
>    to contain explicit treatment for old Xen branches.
> 
>  * We will not retain information about branches which are out of
>    security support.  (So some of what is there can be deleted at our
>    leisure.)
> 
>  * This file will be maintained by the release technicians (currently
>    mostly that means me, although others have done some parts of the
>    task) and commits will be made by release technicians without
>    further review or acks.
> 

This looks sensible to me.

> Please argue about the filename :-).

I don't have opinion on this.

Wei.

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