From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E256AD46627 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:10:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1vgVXZ-0000Ae-N2; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:10:05 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1vgVXL-0008Te-QI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:09:51 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1vgVXK-0007sB-2P for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:09:51 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1768514987; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=loO0rZE3FDoZlq//LYOix3Z9yCYq+iTPHwh9qQF1fpo=; b=YoES2hCk/VGhp9QG8DwXJubyT3Pv0YJixiVuo8yMYpFI7phpYqn9gHyUOYcH2kkIlKdTdz r6c9UtTnbYp3hraQxpc3ferDGHWijquTbE5syXHfYZofTFMZC1AnFfo8DeYKA5r5c7WAMn +3vJsvJ5WxRdq95YkS3uKU5KknbGCas= Received: from mx-prod-mc-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-54-186-198-63.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [54.186.198.63]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-140-oM_VkrDdNFefGbpxsJ4YsQ-1; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:09:44 -0500 X-MC-Unique: oM_VkrDdNFefGbpxsJ4YsQ-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: oM_VkrDdNFefGbpxsJ4YsQ_1768514983 Received: from mx-prod-int-03.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-03.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.12]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B512619560B1; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:09:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [10.2.16.134]) by mx-prod-int-03.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE48619560BA; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:09:41 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:09:35 -0500 From: Stefan Hajnoczi To: Daniel =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=2E_Berrang=E9?= Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Philippe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu-Daud=E9?= , Peter Maydell , Markus Armbruster , Thomas Huth , Richard Henderson , Paolo Bonzini Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs/about: propose OS platform/arch support tiers Message-ID: <20260115220935.GA674111@fedora> References: <20260115180123.848640-1-berrange@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZIqsFPo65eo6Q10G" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260115180123.848640-1-berrange@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.0 on 10.30.177.12 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=stefanha@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org --ZIqsFPo65eo6Q10G Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 06:01:23PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrang=E9 wrote: > Informally we have approximately three groups of platforms >=20 > * Tier 1: fully built and fully tested by CI. Must always be > kept working & regressions fixed immediately >=20 > * Tier 2: fully built and partially tested by CI. Should > always be kept working & regressions fixed quickly >=20 > * Tier 3: code exists but is not built or tested by CI. > Should not be intentionally broken but not > guaranteed to work at any time. Downstream must > manually test, report & fix bugs. >=20 > Anything else is "unclassified" and any historical code > remnants may be removed. >=20 > It is somewhat tricky to define unambiguous rules for each tier, > but this doc takes a stab at it. We don't need to cover every > eventuality. If we get the core points of view across, then it > at least sets the direction for maintainers/contributors/users. > Other aspects can be inferred with greater accuracy than today. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrang=E9 > --- >=20 > This came out of the discussion about recent unnoticed breakage > in NetBSD builds and what maintainers are expected todo about > it (if anything) >=20 > https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2026-01/msg02543.html >=20 > docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 152 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 152 insertions(+) Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi --ZIqsFPo65eo6Q10G Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEEhpWov9P5fNqsNXdanKSrs4Grc8gFAmlpZZ8ACgkQnKSrs4Gr c8g7cgf/e18a5KOMuBuZhM8C0mO/Bd47ANmajqWLdqmyTKpNRSI+UoXlGiXT5HAG r2kCykvJNwGVQybDi3UQ6WorzQzgX5uq9zPKWsL1bnVgByyxGqz+kain8uOiXkbd U4zlkeYoVcagWT99qswzS8Gz57c/q5cnhiBqAo2Jk9pQ40pgsCVwHc+pbrkoslFs cs5Tm3Ig11w1ex8cUms0NUUlC2/ivqDMzEEYjYGFAfAOjleOc/iE1Hjot3KJP5UO K16sSF3HoRWQOfYF4z6QmhLqzuDEJED2OL/l9WvbVfX9tBkruMTgvYsXGlQHqjSF QUlEymJuuG7buHHUeaufMBdJrGOrnA== =Iv0s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZIqsFPo65eo6Q10G--