10.09.2012 05:55, Doug Goldstein wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Just an announcement that app-emulation/qemu-kvm will be pkgmove'd to
> app-emulation/qemu at some point this week. The app-emulation/qemu
> ebuilds will effectively die and be replaced by the
> app-emulation/qemu-kvm ebuilds. I've brought this up before and there
> was a bunch of rabble about "keep our pristine qemu ebuilds!!!". The
> fact of the matter is that the app-emulation/qemu just isn't getting
> the same maintenance care that app-emulation/qemu-kvm is. I've really
> only got the bandwidth to handle one at a time. Additionally this will
> bring us inline with a few other distros use of qemu as they're really
> building their binaries from qemu-kvm.
>
> For those that want pure qemu builds, I recommend creating an overlay
> and replacing the URL. The ebuilds will otherwise aim to be 100%
> compatible.
>
It seems that qemu-kvm will be merged into main qemu source tree(i have
heard that fact... do not really remember where :-D), so your decision
maybe concerned as preparations for this merge. I am strongly agreed
with it.
