NixOS · Apr 26, 2020 · Apr 26, 2020 · Apr 26, 2020 · Apr 26, 2020 · Apr 26, 2020
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+36 −12 doc/contributing/submitting-changes.xml

+2 −2 pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.14.nix

+2 −2 pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix

+2 −2 pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
diff --git a/doc/contributing/submitting-changes.xml b/doc/contributing/submitting-changes.xml
@@ -407,23 +407,47 @@ Additional information.
   <section xml:id="submitting-changes-stable-release-branches">
    <title>Stable release branches</title>
 
-   <itemizedlist>
+   <para>
+    For cherry-picking a commit to a stable release branch (<quote>backporting</quote>), use <literal>git cherry-pick -x &lt;original commit&gt;</literal> so that the original commit id is included in the commit.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    Add a reason for the backport by using <literal>git cherry-pick -xe &lt;original commit&gt;</literal> instead when it is not obvious from the original commit message. It is not needed when it’s a minor version update that includes security and bug fixes but don’t add new features or when the commit fixes an otherwise broken package.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    Here is an example of a cherry-picked commit message with good reason description:
+   </para>
+
+<screen>
+zfs: Keep trying root import until it works
+
+Works around #11003.
+
+(cherry picked from commit 98b213a11041af39b39473906b595290e2a4e2f9)
+
+Reason: several people cannot boot with ZFS on NVMe
+</screen>
+
+   <para>
+    Other examples of reasons are:
+   </para>
+
+   <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      If you're cherry-picking a commit to a stable release branch (“backporting”), always use <command>git cherry-pick -xe</command> and ensure the message contains a clear description about why this needs to be included in the stable branch.
+      Previously the build would fail due to, e.g., <literal>getaddrinfo</literal> not being defined
      </para>
+    </listitem>
+    <listitem>
      <para>
-      An example of a cherry-picked commit would look like this:
+      The previous download links were all broken
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      Crash when starting on some X11 systems
      </para>
-<screen>
-nixos: Refactor the world.
-
-The original commit message describing the reason why the world was torn apart.
-
-(cherry picked from commit abcdef)
-Reason: I just had a gut feeling that this would also be wanted by people from
-the stone age.
-</screen>
     </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
   </section>

diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.14.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.14.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 with stdenv.lib;
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.14.176";
+  version = "4.14.177";
 
   # modDirVersion needs to be x.y.z, will automatically add .0 if needed
   modDirVersion = if (modDirVersionArg == null) then concatStringsSep "." (take 3 (splitVersion "${version}.0")) else modDirVersionArg;
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ buildLinux (args // rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "18jwxhf29ax54xnylmz9zfkslnxw7y3h215dbfmmvddfp9b0kbmw";
+    sha256 = "04hq0i06mg2yc09jj2xk0vhf5q9yigzjzm55a5bvfy2a6j43r9rk";
   };
 } // (args.argsOverride or {}))
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.4.219";
+  version = "4.4.220";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1mpxqb2m24ay4n9px4n2cyklxy4lhnv9q6wlvilx13rs5qfbb62f";
+    sha256 = "1knj3qsl7x3fysdz1h0s980ddbafs3658z2y67w6sn79wp7d8blg";
   };
 } // (args.argsOverride or {}))
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.9.219";
+  version = "4.9.220";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0i5wlyp11ss9p035bhq73xjx8iyk5dk4ynvd7msw5qfkrs6265vb";
+    sha256 = "0bhbkybzbdsbmrjmb5m7hxxl8b3v6n79zhh86cbr95kzg1hcgnfs";
   };
 } // (args.argsOverride or {}))