Ping: [PATCH] docs: release-technician-checklist: update to leaf tree version pinning

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 07.04.2021 11:56, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Our releases look to flip-flop between keeping or discarding the date
> and title of the referenced qemu-trad commit. I think with the hash
> replaced by a tag, the commit's date and title would better also be
> purged.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I've been noticing this inconsistency repeatedly because I simply re-use
> version update patches for the stable trees - the context mismatch
> results in a such updated patch to then not apply, due to said flip-
> flopping. For 4.15 I'm inclined to drop the two offending lines perhaps
> while updating the version to 4.15.1-pre.

Ian (and others), any thoughts here either way?

Thanks, Jan

> --- a/docs/process/release-technician-checklist.txt
> +++ b/docs/process/release-technician-checklist.txt
> @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
>  #   QEMU_UPSTREAM_REVISION,
>  #   QEMU_TRADITIONAL_REVISION
>  #   MINIOS_UPSTREAM_REVISION
> +#     (drop any references to the specific commits, e.g. date or title)
>  * change SUPPORT.md heading version number; -unstable or -rc tag
>  *     (empty in stable branches after .0 release).
>  * SUPPORT.md: insert correct version number in release-notes link
>