Re: [Qemu-devel] Should we have a 2.0-rc3 ?

[Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>]

On 10.04.14 13:17, Peter Maydell wrote:
> So far I know of at least three fixes which should probably
> go into 2.0:
>   * my fix for the configure stack-protector checks on MacOSX
>   * MST's pull request updating the ACPI test blobs
>   * MST says we need to update the hex files for ACPI too
>     (otherwise you get a different ACPI blob depending on whether
>      your build system had iasl or not, if I understand correctly)
>
> Are there any others?
>
> So we have two choices:
>
> (A) get those fixes into git today, and tag an rc3; that
> would then need some testing time and presumably we'd hope
> to tag it as the 2.0 release on Monday or Tuesday next week
>
> (B) say that the above are not worth fixing in 2.0 proper
> and plan to do a 2.0.1 in a few weeks with the above plus
> any other breakage that people find.
>
> Opinions?

I think the best way forward is to do both. Do an rc3 with _only_ those 
patches. Wait until Tuesday and do the final GA tag there.

Then schedule a 2.0.1 in a few weeks. There will be bug fixes.

And don't apply last-minute fixes from mst in the future :).


Alex