Hi Oleksii, If there are no objections by tomorrow, let's assume by lazy consensus that we will extend the timeline by a week. If anyone objects to this, please reply to this email.
Many thanks, Kelly Choi Community Manager Xen Project On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 4:13 AM Henry Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Oleksii, > > On 5/14/2024 11:43 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote: > > On 14/05/2024 4:40 pm, Oleksii K. wrote: > >> Hello everyone, > >> > >> We're observing fewer merged patches/series across several > >> architectures for the current 4.19 release in comparison to previous > >> release. > >> > >> For example: > >> 1. For Arm, significant features like Cache Coloring and PCI > >> Passthrough won't be fully merged. Thus, it would be beneficial to > >> commit at least the following two patch series: > >> [1] > https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/[email protected]/ > >> > >> [2] > https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/[email protected]/ > >> > >> 2. For RISC-V, having the following patch series [3], mostly reviewed > >> with only one blocker [4], would be advantageous (As far as I know, > >> Andrew is planning to update his patch series): > >> [3] > https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/[email protected]/ > >> [4] > >> > https://patchew.org/Xen/[email protected]/ > >> > >> 3. For PPC, it would be beneficial to have [5] merged: > >> [5] > >> > https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/[email protected]/ > >> > >> Extending the feature freeze deadline by one week, until May 24th, > >> would provide additional time for merges mentioned above. This, in > >> turn, would create space for more features and fixes for x86 and other > >> common elements. If we agree to extend the feature freeze deadline, > >> please feel free to outline what you would like to see in the 4.19 > >> release. This will make it easier to track our final goals and > >> determine if they are realistically achievable. > >> > >> I'd like to open the floor for discussion on this proposal. Does it > >> make sense, and would it be useful? > > Considering how many people are blocked on me, I'd welcome a little bit > > longer to get the outstanding series/fixes to land. > > It would be great if we can extend the deadline for a week, thank you! I > will try my best to make progress of the two above-mentioned Arm series. > > Kind regards, > Henry >
