From eb6ff705f336aa4a321d25ad703b1d7658cebdfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jafar Al-Gharaibeh Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2025 11:59:54 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add note to the dev guide regrading backports Signed-off-by: Jafar Al-Gharaibeh --- doc/developer/workflow.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/developer/workflow.rst b/doc/developer/workflow.rst index 3cc4d34ce3a6..1d41ca744371 100644 --- a/doc/developer/workflow.rst +++ b/doc/developer/workflow.rst @@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ Security fixes are backported to all releases less than or equal to at least one year old. Security fixes may also be backported to older releases depending on severity. +It is important to note that if a fix is backported to stable branch, all newer stable +branches must have that fix too. For example, if a fix is backported to ``stable/10.0`` +then all releases after ``10.0`` are expected to have that fix where applicable. + For detailed instructions on how to produce an FRR release, refer to :ref:`frr-release-procedure`.