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Date:   Tue, 5 Apr 2022 23:24:13 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 23:08:12 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> Here's a thought, if you decide to backport a patch to stable, and you see
> that there's another commit with a "Fixes" tag to the automatically
> selected commit. DO NOT BACKPORT IF THE FIXES PATCH FAILS TO GO BACK TOO!

Seriously. This should be the case for *all* backported patches, not just
the AUTOSEL ones.

Otherwise you are backporting a commit to "stable" that is KNOWN TO BE
BROKEN!

-- Steve