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authorStanislav Malyshev <stas@php.net>2018-07-31 12:43:22 -0700
committerStanislav Malyshev <stas@php.net>2018-07-31 12:43:22 -0700
commit201022c34791318034f37591d00a39fc00577654 (patch)
tree8eb258da6b92b86e9ef27e6a68a1d7a9ade5413a
parentf8357f9e80773e2922b75cb8a9dc31bd139341af (diff)
downloadphp-git-201022c34791318034f37591d00a39fc00577654.tar.gz
[ci skip] Clarify difference between security & regular bugfixes
-rw-r--r--README.GIT-RULES9
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diff --git a/README.GIT-RULES b/README.GIT-RULES
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+++ b/README.GIT-RULES
@@ -79,10 +79,11 @@ Currently we have the following branches in use::
The next few rules are more of a technical nature::
- 1. All changes should first go to the lowest branch (i.e. 5.6) and then
- get merged up to all other branches. If a change is not needed for
- later branches (i.e. fixes for features which were dropped from later
- branches) an empty merge should be done.
+ 1. All non-security bugfix changes should first go to the lowest bugfix
+ branch (i.e. 7.1) and then get merged up to all other branches.
+ All security fixes should go to the lowest security fixes branch (i.e 5.6).
+ If a change is not needed for ater branches (i.e. fixes for features
+ which were dropped from later branches) an empty merge should be done.
2. All news updates intended for public viewing, such as new features,
bug fixes, improvements, etc., should go into the NEWS file of *any