From c2bef44264eb92b938ac00d95b2bade73a698274 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antonio Ojea Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 15:33:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] cherry-pick policy for alpha and beta features --- contributors/devel/sig-release/cherry-picks.md | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/contributors/devel/sig-release/cherry-picks.md b/contributors/devel/sig-release/cherry-picks.md index 012a95ae8..bf843a3b3 100644 --- a/contributors/devel/sig-release/cherry-picks.md +++ b/contributors/devel/sig-release/cherry-picks.md @@ -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