Fix in branch 2025Q3 without a need to fix in main

Dear committers,
I have a question about a specific case that I haven't encountered before:

My port math/saga is at version 9.9.0 in the main branch and at version 
9.8.2 in the 2025Q3 branch. In version 9.8.2, a patch was forgotten 
upstream during the release, which means that 9.8.2 now fails to build 
in the package builders. (Interestingly, I can build the version in 
Poudriere.) I would now like to commit the appropriate patch only for 
version 9.8.2 in the 2025Q3 branch, as main in version 9.9.0 already 
contains this patch.

When I try to push the commit, I get the following message:

================================================================
remote: rhurlin, you are pushing a commit to 2025Q3 which does
remote: not seem to be a cherry-pick.
remote:
remote: If you did a cherry-pick, you probably forgot to add `-x`,
remote: make sure you do run `git cherry-pick -x <hash>`.
remote:
remote: If you did a direct commit, make sure it was approved first, and 
then run:
remote:         git push --push-option=direct-quarterly-commit
remote: ================================================================

Do I actually need approval in the case described, and if so, from whom?

Or can I simply push directly with the argument 
‘--push-option=direct-quarterly-commit’ instead?

Thanks for your help.