[PATCH] Documentation/process: Explain when tip branches get merged into mainline

From: Christian Kujau
Date: Sat Feb 18 2023 - 16:31:47 EST


Explain when tip branches get merged into mainline.

Signed-off-by: Christian Kujau <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>

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diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst
index 572a3289c9cb..d43cc2272e83 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst
@@ -421,6 +421,9 @@ allowing themselves a breath. Please respect that.
The release candidate -rc1 is the starting point for new patches to be
applied which are targeted for the next merge window.

+So called _urgent_ branches will be merged into mainline during the
+stabilization phase of each release.
+

Git
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