From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:34620) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RZ0ra-0002lZ-Pu for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:51:52 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RZ0rW-0003Mu-8B for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:51:46 -0500 Message-ID: <4EE21230.20700@suse.de> Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:50:40 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?QW5kcmVhcyBGw6RyYmVy?= MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1323115683.6884.8.camel@fedora64.linuxtx.org> <4EE20546.5000601@suse.de> <4EE20BF7.5080707@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: <4EE20BF7.5080707@codemonkey.ws> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu stable releases List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: "Justin M. Forbes" , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, qemu-stable@nongnu.org Am 09.12.2011 14:24, schrieb Anthony Liguori: > On 12/09/2011 06:55 AM, Andreas F=C3=A4rber wrote: >> Am 05.12.2011 21:08, schrieb Justin M. Forbes: >>> Typically I get a flurry of patches shortly after >>> a release (and they have already started for 1.0). I have tried to g= et >>> a .1 release out in a timely manner, and then it seems patches for >>> stable become few and far between. In the 0.14 and 0.15 series, not >>> even enough to warrant a .2 release. Perhaps this is due to lack fix= ed >>> issues, or lack of effort to submit to stable. >> >>> 3) Security fixes do not follow this schedule, and will trigger a sta= ble >>> release as needed. >> >> I would've thought that the usb-ccid CVE alone warrants a 0.15.2 of qe= mu >> and qemu-kvm. I am surprised nothing has happened there yet... >> >> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/128064/ >=20 > We don't have a clear EOL schedule for stable releases. Historically, > stable releases only lasted until the next release cycle so in by that > logic, 0.15 is EOL. Unfortunately qemu(-kvm) 1.0 came too late for SLES 11 SP2, so we're now forced to ship 0.15.1 plus a ton of hand-picked patches. Therefore I would appreciate finding some solution to keep 0.15 branch usable, whatever tarballs you release on qemu.org or declare EOL. Regards, Andreas > Obviously, part of creating a regular cadence for stable releases and > getting more people involved is to formalize this all quite a bit more. >=20 > Regards, >=20 > Anthony Liguori --=20 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 N=C3=BCrnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imend=C3=B6rffer; HRB 16746 AG N=C3=BC= rnberg