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From:
Rafael Garcia-Suarez
Date:
July 23, 2009 06:36
Subject:
Re: PATCH: clarify where to patch against
Message ID:
b77c1dce0907230636p62e949ccgafad745d682e0659@mail.gmail.com
2009/7/23 Steve Peters <steve@fisharerojo.org>:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Ricardo
> SIGNES<perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org> wrote:
>>
>> Talking about Perl 5 git repo tonight, some questions came up about where
>> development really happens.  This patch is a bit of clarification about
>> where/why patches go to blead/maint.
>>
>> --
>
> I'm not entirely sure about this patch.  Rarely should a patch ever be
> applied directly to maint without hitting blead first.  I can only
> think of one case where I had a patch applied to maint only and that
> was due to API differences between blead and maint.  I'd rather that
> patches be pointed at blead than at maint without being directed by
> the appropriate pumpking.

Chip has already applied it, although with another commit message,
with a workflow leak somehow:
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/7f4ffa9dba4691a2cd3285cfb3fd76f6f6bd661

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