Re: CommitFest 2017-09 - How do I know what commit to apply patches to

From: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
To: Ryan Murphy <ryanfmurphy(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: CommitFest 2017-09 - How do I know what commit to apply patches to
Date: 2017-07-05 05:50:15
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Hello Ryan,

> I was diving into CommitFest 2017-09 <https://commitfest.postgresql.org/14/>
> to help review some patches,

Thanks!

> but I was not sure which version / git commit
> / git tag of the PostgreSQL repo I should be checked out to in order to
> correctly apply / test these patches. Is there a place within the
> CommitFest where it says what version to have checked out?

If I'm not mistaken:

The expectation is that the patch will be applied to HEAD, so it should
apply to HEAD. If not, the custom is to ask the author for a rebase.

For version-specific bug fixes, it should apply to the corresponding
STABLE branches.

--
Fabien.

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