[QGIS-Developer] QEP 320: Backport policies

[Nyall Dawson]

Hi all,

I've just opened
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/320 "Backport
policies". This QEP documents the standards and requirements for
backporting changes from the master branch to Long Term Release (LTR) and
current stable release branches in QGIS. Developers must follow these
guidelines when submitting backports.

It is initially intended as a formal description of CURRENT BACKPORT
PRACTICES ONLY, which can be later modified and revised (in an atomic
manner) if we want to change any of these policies. As such, please refrain
from using this initial QEP as a place to discuss changes to current
practice. Rather, let's keep discussion focused on whether this is an
accurate and complete description of our current backporting policies. 👍

The end goal here is having a formal policy in place describing all our
backporting rules, which will help ease new developers into contributing
effectively to QGIS and remove some of the unspoken assumptions surrounding
QGIS development.

Please leave discussion and questions on
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/320 so that we have
a formal record of the discussion.

Nyall
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