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On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 04:26:43PM +0200, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: > The last version bump was in "Pike" release (commit: b980df0, > 11-Feb-2017), and we didn't do any bump during "Queens". So it's time > to increment the versions (which will also makes us get rid of some > backward compatibility cruft), and pick future versions of libvirt and > QEMU. > > As it stands, during the "Pike" release the advertized NEXT_MIN versions > > were set to: libvirt 1.3.1 and QEMU 2.5.0 -- but they weren't actually > > bumped for the "Queens" release. So they will now be applied for the > > "Rocky" release. (Hmm, but note that libvirt 1.3.1 was released more > > than 2 years ago[1].) > > While at it, we should also discuss about what will be the NEXT_MIN > > libvirt and QEMU versions for the "Solar" release. To that end, I've > > spent going through different distributions and updated the > > DistroSupportMatrix Wiki[2]. > > Taking the DistroSupportMatrix into picture, for the sake of discussion, > how about the following NEXT_MIN versions for "Solar" release: > > > (a) libvirt: 3.2.0 (released on 23-Feb-2017) > > This satisfies most distributions, but will affect Debian "Stretch", > > as they only have 3.0.0 in the stable branch -- I've checked their > repositories[3][4]. Although the latest update for the stable > release "Stretch (9.4)" was released only on 10-March-2018, I don't > think they increment libvirt and QEMU versions in stable. Is > there another way for "Stretch (9.4)" users to get the relevant > versions from elsewhere? > > (b) QEMU: 2.9.0 (released on 20-Apr-2017) > > This too satisfies most distributions but will affect Oracle Linux > -- which seem to ship QEMU 1.5.3 (released in August 2013) with > their "7", from the Wiki. And will also affect Debian "Stretch" -- > as it only has 2.8.0 > > Can folks chime in here? > > [1] > https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-announce/2016-January/msg00002.html > [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/LibvirtDistroSupportMatrix > [3] https://packages.qa.debian.org/libv/libvirt.html > [4] https://packages.qa.debian.org/libv/libvirt.html > > -- > /kashyap -- /kashyap _______________________________________________ OpenStack-operators mailing list OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators