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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions docs/maintainers_guide.rst
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The stable branch is intended to be a safe source of fixes for high-impact
bugs and security issues that have been fixed on master since a
bugs and security issues that have been fixed on ``main`` since a
release. When reviewing a stable branch PR, we must balance the risk
of any given patch with the value that it will provide to users of the
stable branch. Only a limited class of changes are appropriate for
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also refactors a lot of code, it's probably worth thinking about
what a less risky fix might look like.
- Whether the fix is already on ``main``: a change must be a backport of
a change already merged onto master, unless the change simply does
not make sense on master.
a change already merged onto ``main``, unless the change simply does
not make sense on ``main``.


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