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X-OriginatorOrg: arm.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Mar 2023 09:57:58.4241 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: 0bbbc0b8-8ae6-43ea-0f24-08db2abbea7b X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Id: f34e5979-57d9-4aaa-ad4d-b122a662184d X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-OriginalAttributedTenantConnectingIp: TenantId=f34e5979-57d9-4aaa-ad4d-b122a662184d;Ip=[63.35.35.123];Helo=[64aa7808-outbound-1.mta.getcheckrecipient.com] X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthSource: DBAEUR03FT042.eop-EUR03.prod.protection.outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthAs: Anonymous X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-FromEntityHeader: HybridOnPrem X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: AM8PR08MB5729 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FORGED_SPF_HELO,KAM_DMARC_NONE,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_NONE,TXREP,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On 3/20/23 04:18, Joel Brobecker wrote: >>> FWIW, there is no real policy that I know of. >>> >>> We have been known to accept patches on release branches past the .2 >>> release. It's been very rare, though. In all cases, the push was done >>> with the understanding that there would likely not be another official >>> release off that branch, so that was purely for the benefit of people >>> who wanted to build from the HEAD of a release branch rather than from >>> an official release. >>> >>> Whether we should be doing it in this case, I don't have a strong >>> opinion. I think Andrew is making good points, and I'm wondering >>> whether it will actually serve anyone if we backport the patches. >>> On the other hand, are the patches extra safe? If they are, perhaps >>> in the spirit of not standing in the way of someone willing to make >>> it better for others... >>> >> >> All reasonable points, I agree. >> >> The patch (a single one) is mostly trivial reordering of code to fix a >> pseudo-register number that we get wrong for the pauth feature. It >> helps in that it allows people to use gdb 9/10/11/12 with a new qemu. >> Otherwise those gdb's will just crash on connection, with no way >> around it. > > This part I understood. The part I wasn't sure about is whether > there was any known entity that would pick the branch update up, > and rebuild with it. I was thinking the main distros would pick it up (but can't be sure they will). > > Nevertheless, this is not critical at all. As long as the patch > is extra safe (which it looks like it can't possibly cause things > to be worse, except in the pauth case which is already crashing), > I don't see a reason why we should block the patch's inclusion > in our older branches. You can go right ahead. > Thanks Joel. I'll do this over the course of the week/next week.