By catch on
Change record status: 
Published (View all published change records)
Project: 
Drupal core
Introduced in branch: 
8.1.x
Issue links: 
https://www.drupal.org/node/2462101
Description: 

The backport policy for core issues has been updated to reflect the release of Drupal 8 and the new release cycle.

A short summary of the changes, refer to the full policy and issue for details.

  • Bug reports should be posted against the active minor branch by default (8.1.x at the moment)
  • Where issues affect Drupal 7, a separate issue can be opened, related to the 8.x one
  • Drupal 7 issues should default to 'postponed' until the 8.x issue is fixed to avoid duplicate work, but can be worked on independently if the approach/patch needed is very different
  • 8.x issues will still be applied to the newest branch first (i.e. first 8.2.x then 8.1.x) to avoid regressions between minor releases
Impacts: 
Site builders, administrators, editors
Module developers
Themers
Updates Done (doc team, etc.)
Online documentation: 
Not done
Theming guide: 
Not done
Module developer documentation: 
Not done
Examples project: 
Not done
Coder Review: 
Not done
Coder Upgrade: 
Not done
Other: 
Other updates done