RFR: Using backports for stabilization repositories

[David Holmes]

On Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:18:31 GMT, Jesper Wilhelmsson <jwilhelm at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I think that last sentence is important because it clarifies what to do after the release stabilization branch has been forked. The previous text should be modified to say "As a developer you should *nearly* always create a pull request targeting the mainline repository first ...".
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> Why "nearly"? If we add that we should explain why.

It is "nearly" because, as we state, some fixes/changes are only applicable to the release stabilization repo.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/guide/pull/105#discussion_r1246019548