From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5994B385842C for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:29:10 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 5994B385842C Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=redhat.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1673353749; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=uwiSgcOApbX18RlNs/YSPnH1oc+pAjmeC1Ov/xj8w0k=; b=FQBDdjTyFcedaaX7ZdSipGIEQKsDMvYDdA/asbn4DaNQBVSj8fUwibO5VtK/FRfghV9kla Fz55V14VggZnGfWNP/cuMach230fJppTLMK5/fVDrRyqJ1222GVJI8zwfqYx6i+/8A11k8 xfmLxMe1QWT1Xhl6qW4xSC6BHqvgJ34= Received: from mail-qk1-f197.google.com (mail-qk1-f197.google.com [209.85.222.197]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) id us-mta-607-Mdb-nB7cPrGNYG69YdMMlw-1; Tue, 10 Jan 2023 07:29:08 -0500 X-MC-Unique: Mdb-nB7cPrGNYG69YdMMlw-1 Received: by mail-qk1-f197.google.com with SMTP id bm30-20020a05620a199e00b006ff813575b1so8663923qkb.16 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2023 04:29:08 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:subject:from:references:to :content-language:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=uwiSgcOApbX18RlNs/YSPnH1oc+pAjmeC1Ov/xj8w0k=; b=ggCj+mv/m4xK1ibw3tbYDdQ26eRcAEG3wqkxo+//9BZRe1DSrSzLoohQT9yU7/Go5i 21KwQO07zYVrcI+o0RnSY1qwOx0kVGWj1jxfqFfjT+Aot9ZiNuoaws+qTIw87H2zne+N vGVleDpUeZzidCYjrldhcBXdECUM85vtgMYa/IqUcfxLdsHZos9OG+MM0J59B8h55sJB wfl8HI29oWjoQcosvxqw+/aO7DptJ7is3vtz8oD3TwAD+1+LTjpoJwIw/eHnDeEPiEVu 8WzXP/RFoiZ85OG6XTFKRsO34BRf0V5j16Fm2zQIlmUamKYVsKD2P0+WiaGwPMPQ7NtM uR3A== X-Gm-Message-State: AFqh2kqUIDeOqct16IOJlCWmywExI94036S4vXmq2EiIfTi0fQB/dtUj 4ACTNvdCaKfzry2nEjHiyrCFOj2n//Qa/NcSEnA6oVK2nNOYZ69bKLNxC4j7lG1YCqBBC18m+PJ pPIPAVzAEY84k3e/LaA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:622a:1146:b0:3ac:3bc3:8d0 with SMTP id f6-20020a05622a114600b003ac3bc308d0mr13163146qty.23.1673353748196; Tue, 10 Jan 2023 04:29:08 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMrXdXuf3b8iDySFq98zXJl4mxfZOSGmy1s23fQbjchUhbfyb+CySQaQai5V7Vyq/zwHWo7uz9+8pA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:622a:1146:b0:3ac:3bc3:8d0 with SMTP id f6-20020a05622a114600b003ac3bc308d0mr13163119qty.23.1673353747962; Tue, 10 Jan 2023 04:29:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.18] ([79.123.71.116]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r25-20020ac867d9000000b003431446588fsm5943938qtp.5.2023.01.10.04.29.06 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 10 Jan 2023 04:29:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:29:05 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.6.0 To: Stefan Schulze Frielinghaus , binutils@sourceware.org References: From: Nick Clifton Subject: Re: Open branches for backports In-Reply-To: X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Language: en-GB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: Hi Stefan, > I'm preparing a target specific fix which I would like to backport. > Which branches are currently open for backports? Generally speaking we only accept backports to the most recent release branch. So in this case that would mean the 2.39 branch. But ... ... The 2.40 branch has been created and is currently accepting bug fix backports. So if your fix is submitted soon, it may get in before the release actually happens. Once the 2.40 release is out of the door, the 2.40 branch will then be the branch suitable for receiving backports. It is possible to apply patches to other, earlier branches as well. But it is very unlikely that there will ever be any more official releases made from those old branches. > Just for the future, > is there a place where this information is kept There is a small reference to this issue in the binutils/MAINTAINERS file where it says: "If a patch is approved for check in to the mainline sources, it can also be checked into the current release branch." But it could be publicised more widely. I feel like this is something that should be mentioned on the Binutils wiki as well. > or should I just ask on the mailinglist again? You can always do that too. Cheers Nick