Hello all,

I just wanted to send a note about a reference doc on the MediaWiki wiki on backporting bug fixes: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Backporting_Fixes

It addresses the difference between backports to stable releases versus the code on the WMF cluster (as well as the special process for security related bugs).

Of note:

We now have backport "flags" in bugzilla to track the backport process. There is one for stable releases ("Backport_to_Stable") and one for the WMF cluster ("Backport_WMF").

I hope this can help to clarify some confusion around the backporting process.

Greg