On 01/30/2012 10:45 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Another aspect of this is that when the same-or-almost-the-same patch
> is applied to multiple branches, it's a *lot* easier for future
> archeology in the commit logs if the patch goes into all the affected
> branches at the same time (and with the same commit message, please).
Yeah, I've been pinged on this before, for exactly this reason. It makes
release note preparation significantly easier, AIUI.
cheers
andrew