I backported a bug fix today into 1.10.x that inadvertently had been backported to 1.9.x (but not 1.10.x):
Not sure if I 100% need to, but I might want to fast-track getting this out… are there any objections if I want to do a 1.10.4 release in the next few days? Looks like there are only a half-dozen unresolved tickets against 1.10.4 that I’d need to triage.
I don’t think there’s any particular “fast-track” about it. The bar to
releasing a maintenance release should be low, assuming that someone is
willing to spend the time going through the steps.
I would propose that:
any /dev/3 or above should be able to do a maintenance release whenever
they feel is appropriate
the most common reason would probably be “my implementation wants it”,
which is perfectly fine
they should post on Talk in the Developers category with 1 working day’s
notice before initiating the process
(this isn’t strictly necessary because these branches should always be
in a releasable state)
The Developer Stages page says that a /dev/3 has privileges to “Manage a
release.” Unless there are any objections I’d also add “Initiate a
maintenance release.”