[Matplotlib-devel] 2.2 LTS backport policy

[Thomas Caswell]

Put this into a PR to get it into the docs
https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/10822

Tom

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 1:18 PM Ryan May <rmay31 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Seems generally reasonable to me.
>
> Ryan
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:40 AM, Thomas Caswell <tcaswell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I propose the following criteria for backporting PRs to the 2.2.x
>> branch.  We always will backport
>>
>>  - critical bug fixes (segfault, failure to import, things that the user
>> can not work around)
>>  - fixes for regressions against 2.0 or 2.1
>>
>> Everything else (regressions against 1.x versions, bugs/api
>> inconsistencies the user can work around in their code) are on a
>> case-by-case basis, should be low-risk, and need someone to advocate for
>> and shepherd through the backport.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Tom
>>
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