On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 at 07:39 R. David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> wrote:

If there is objection I will happily revert it, but I needed to mark an issue on bugs.python.org as still needing backport, since I'd merged the fix and the PR is now closed but I have no time currently to learn about how to do backports(*). So I added a 'backport needed' status to the tracker.

I there is agreement that this is a good idea and should remain, we can maybe get rid of it later after backports are automated. But I have a feeling we'll want it long term, given the new workflow and the fact that not all backports can be done automatically.

I'm fine with it personally. I have had a couple of instances where I wanted to merge something but I didn't want to lose track of the fact that I had some cherry-picking to do, so I waited until I got home. WIth this flag I can just assign the issue to myself as a reminder and then do the merge immediately while still doing the cherry-picking when I get home.

--David

(*) Or, to be more accurate, I'm waiting until you all figure out how to automate it.

:) https://github.com/python/core-workflow/tree/master/cherry_picker actually automates a lot of it.