Re: [Qemu-devel] release date of qemu 0.9.2?

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>]

On 09:51 Tue 21 Oct     , Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Thiemo Seufer wrote:
>> Anthony Liguori wrote:
>>   
>>> C.W. Betts wrote:
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>>>> When will qemu be given the status of 0.9.2?  I was browsing the   
>>>> source code of the Qemu that ships with OpenSuSE and noticed that   
>>>> there are a lot of patches.  It would probably be helpful if there 
>>>> was  a release that didn't depend on GCC 4.
>>>>
>>>> Also, what targets still depend on dyngen?  And is anyone working 
>>>> on  porting them to TCG?
>>>>       
>>> A lot of previously supported hosts are no longer supported with TCG. 
>>>  I  would think adding those hosts would be more important than 
>>> completing  the TCG conversion before cutting a new release.
>>>     
>>
>> I disagree. The most important hosts are supported, the other hosts
>> were largely experimental anyway, and getting rid of dyngen / gcc3
>> is IMHO worth a release.
>>   
>
> Personally, I'd like to see much more frequent releases (every 3-6  
> months).  I'm okay with not having complete features (like the  
> dyngen->TCG conversion) or host regressions because I think there's  
> value in having releases regularly compared to feature based releases.
>
> What do other people think?  I'd be willing to do the leg work of releases.
I agree with you I think that the kernel way of release is good and can be
used for qemu

Best Regards,
J.