Package: kvm Version: 7-1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable
The version of kvm currently in testing, kvm-7, has many known stability bugs that have been fixed in later upstream versions. These cause the guest operating system to crash, possibly causing data loss etc. The following Google search provides a brief overview of the number of patches and severity of these bugs, of which none is entered in the Debian BTS: http://www.google.com/search?q=linux-kernel+PATCH+KVM+%22Avi+Kivity%22+site%3Alkml.org Another factor is that the current maintainer is currently sick. I have been in touch with him and prepared an upgraded package [1] based on the current upstream kvm-11, which could in theory be used for Etch, but Etch is of course frozen. The amount of changes in upstream is big by release standards. I see two solutions (both are fine with me): 1) Remove kvm-7 from Etch or 2) Upgrade kvm to kvm-11, if okayed by the release team and pending sponsoring (While not really a factor in the decision, kvm-11 also includes major performance improvements, the MMU optimization, described as "the difference between a working proof of concept and a generally usable system" [2] The last patch set [3] fixes the known problems exposed by the MMU optimization and is included in kvm-11, although not yet applied in Linux-2.6.20-rc5.) [1] My kvm-11 package will be uploaded to mentors.debian.net today or tomorrow for review and sponsoring. [2] http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/4/175 [3] http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/11/51 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
