Clarify that patches should apply cleanly to the master branch. Give guidance for typical bug fix process for existing releases. Signed-off-by: Tim Small <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- docs/hacking.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/hacking.rst b/docs/hacking.rst index 11cd21223a..85918c9176 100644 --- a/docs/hacking.rst +++ b/docs/hacking.rst @@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ navigate the code base etc. within most code editors (and IDEs). Preparing patches ================= -Make sure your patches apply against libvirt git. Developers -only follow git and don't care much about released versions. +Make sure your patches apply against the libvirt git master +branch. The backporting of changes to existing releases is +typically carried out by downstream users at their discretion +after code is merged into the upstream git. Run the automated tests on your code before submitting any changes. That is: -- 2.39.2
