From: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:48:54 -0400 > From what I've seen the "Fixes" tag is typically used by people who > are backporting patches, e.g. the -stable folks, to help decide what > they need to backport. Fixes: tags say what commit introduced the code being fixed, whether it manifests in a real problem or not. It has nothing directly to do with -stable and exists in it's own right whether a change gets backported to -stable or not.
