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| author | Yorick Peterse <yorickpeterse@gmail.com> | 2016-01-28 13:49:41 +0300 |
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| committer | Yorick Peterse <yorickpeterse@gmail.com> | 2016-02-02 12:52:47 +0300 |
| commit | 9dfc4511ff1b8029ce8ad4e6c94bc0f39164b02d (patch) | |
| tree | 71b83ffd3e2caec35cf567373cf886554595502d | |
| parent | 7df149bb63c91792fb958db87b24bb120463a49e (diff) | |
Updated contributing guide for stable releases
Fixes #12784
| -rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTING.md | 12 |
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index e7659b06c71..4130c57d472 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -257,6 +257,18 @@ Please ensure that your merge request meets the contribution acceptance criteria When having your code reviewed and when reviewing merge requests please take the [thoughtbot code review guidelines](https://github.com/thoughtbot/guides/tree/master/code-review) into account. +## Changes for Stable Releases + +Sometimes certain changes have to be added to an existing stable release. +Two examples are bug fixes and performance improvements. In these cases the +corresponding merge request should be updated to have the following: + +1. A milestone indicating what release the merge request should be merged into. +1. The label "Pick into Stable" + +This makes it easier for release managers to keep track of what still has to be +merged and where changes have to be merged into. + ## Definition of done If you contribute to GitLab please know that changes involve more than just |