Move backport guide to 2.8 (#56578)

The backport guide should refer to Ansible 2.8 instead of 2.7 as the target branch, since 2.8 is out.
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Kevin Breit 5 years ago committed by Alicia Cozine
parent 3f4a22d8ef
commit 4742897635

@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ We do **not** backport features.
These instructions assume that:
* ``stable-2.7`` is the targeted release branch for the backport
* ``stable-2.8`` is the targeted release branch for the backport
* ``https://github.com/ansible/ansible.git`` is configured as a
``git remote`` named ``upstream``. If you do not use
a ``git remote`` named ``upstream``, adjust the instructions accordingly.
@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ We do **not** backport features.
::
git fetch upstream
git checkout -b backport/2.7/[PR_NUMBER_FROM_DEVEL] upstream/stable-2.7
git checkout -b backport/2.8/[PR_NUMBER_FROM_DEVEL] upstream/stable-2.8
#. Cherry pick the relevant commit SHA from the devel branch into your feature
branch, handling merge conflicts as necessary:
@ -253,10 +253,10 @@ We do **not** backport features.
::
git push origin backport/2.7/[PR_NUMBER_FROM_DEVEL]
git push origin backport/2.8/[PR_NUMBER_FROM_DEVEL]
#. Submit the pull request for ``backport/2.7/[PR_NUMBER_FROM_DEVEL]``
against the ``stable-2.7`` branch
#. Submit the pull request for ``backport/2.8/[PR_NUMBER_FROM_DEVEL]``
against the ``stable-2.8`` branch
#. The Release Manager will decide whether to merge the backport PR before
the next minor release. There isn't any need to follow up. Just ensure that the automated
@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ We do **not** backport features.
.. note::
The choice to use ``backport/2.7/[PR_NUMBER_FROM_DEVEL]`` as the
The choice to use ``backport/2.8/[PR_NUMBER_FROM_DEVEL]`` as the
name for the feature branch is somewhat arbitrary, but conveys meaning
about the purpose of that branch. It is not required to use this format,
but it can be helpful, especially when making multiple backport PRs for

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