[Meta comment: corrected the email subject: "Solar" --> "Stein"]
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/msg2.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
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/kashyap
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