From 9b29c2bc2ca19d546c69d721b603db8f32c6fb9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Smith Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:43:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: stable-branches: backports may wait Let's note that maintainers can choose to delay backports to give them more testing time. Signed-off-by: Oliver Smith Part-of: --- docs/merge-requests/stable-branches.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/merge-requests/stable-branches.md b/docs/merge-requests/stable-branches.md index f93dc840e..7f3857ced 100644 --- a/docs/merge-requests/stable-branches.md +++ b/docs/merge-requests/stable-branches.md @@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ release](../releases) branch. * Put `backport of ` into the description of the MR towards the stable branch. +* For patches that are not related to security, maintainers can choose to delay + backporting to give them more time in edge. This can be done either by adding + a visible note in the original MR description that a backport shall wait and + how long, or by adding a blocking comment in the backport MR that it shall + not be merged before a specific date. + ### Best Practices * Cherry picked commits shall not be squashed, then it's hard to understand