doc/dev: instruct devs to backport

Add a note to doc/dec/development-workflow.rst that instructs developers
to do their own backports. This change was requested by Laura Flores on
04 Dec 2024.

Co-authored-by: Anthony D'Atri <anthony.datri@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Zac Dover <zac.dover@proton.me>

diff --git a/doc/dev/development-workflow.rst b/doc/dev/development-workflow.rst
index 904269c51215b14a8755fcbf86b660bf9ebe18ac..530944bf580ddb46cbde4fa3eacffb53d1a0a0e6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/dev/development-workflow.rst
+++ b/doc/dev/development-workflow.rst
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ differences:
 * All commits are cherry-picked with ``git cherry-pick -x`` to
   reference the original commit
 
+.. note: If a backport is appropriate, the submitter is responsible for
+   determining appropriate target stable branches to which backports must be
+   made.
+
 See `the backporter manual
 <https://github.com/ceph/ceph/blob/main/SubmittingPatches-backports.rst>`_ for
 more information.