Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: [email protected] Usertags: unblock X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] Control: affects -1 + src:libvirt
Please unblock package libvirt Let me apologize for not filing the unblock request *before* uploading 9.0.0-3 to unstable. I had not realized that libvirt was considered a key package, so I didn't think it would be necessary for me to do so. [ Reason ] This version contains 3 new debconf translations and a single fix backported from upstream. [ Impact ] The version of libvirt currently in testing, 9.0.0-2, will reject incoming migrations when the VM uses feature-based firmware autoselection. While this feature is not necessarily widely used at this point, upstream is pushing pretty hard for its adoption by users and management applications, so I expect that it will become a lot more prevalent over the lifetime of bookworm. Note that this affects live migration both from bullseye hosts to bookworm hosts *and* between bookworm hosts. [ Tests ] The changes were tested manually to confirm that a VM that would previously not be able to migrate would now successfully do so. libvirt's unit tests, which are run at package build time, provide additional confidence that the changes won't have any impact beyond what's expected and desired. [ Risks ] The code change itself is quite small (3 additional lines), but it appears to be significantly bigger due to the extensive documentation and its impact on the test suite. Its impact is important, but limited in scope to a single part of libvirt (the code responsible to parsing VM configurations) and the specific scenario described above. The patch is a backport, so the upstream community has already reviewed the changes and considered them suitable for inclusion. [ Checklist ] [x] all changes are documented in the d/changelog [x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them [x] attach debdiff against the package in testing unblock libvirt/9.0.0-3
