[OE-core] questions on patching

[Khem Raj]

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 7:21 AM, Ola Redell <ola.redell at retotech.se> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am a bit new to sending in patches to a list like this and specifically to
> OE-core, so I need a bit of guidance.
>
> I have a fix for a bug I found in Jethro in the kernel.bbclass and I have
> tested my fix there (update-alternatives needs a full path also when
> removing an alternative). Now, the bug is around in many different branches
> (laverne, krogoth and master for sure) but that particular patch will only
> apply to Jethro.
>
> I can make a patch for master but would have problems testing it thoroughly
> there without spending quite a bit of time (which I don't have at the
> moment).
>
> Easy questions:
> How should I proceed?

Master should definitely get this patch first. Then you can send
backports for release
branches that you are interested in.

> How do I know what branches are actively maintained and for which patches
> are welcome?

https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Stable_branch_maintenance
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Releases

>
> I should have asked these questions before sending my earlier patch for the
> kernel-module-split.bbclass since this holds for that too.
>
> Thanks,
> Ola
>
>
>
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