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 881B3C05027 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2023 17:32:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pPoHr-0008L5-HI; Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:31:15 -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 1pPoHp-0008KR-4p for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:31:13 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pPoHl-0005Io-Di for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:31:11 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1675877468; h=from:from:reply-to: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=lbCD0qKrlw7zpd2rWv6gG9kGyhwm4EfP0xV8jCeTmNA=; b=i8Z074z73rntEgtsnRf7U5M5MfhuA/RZP/2UqN4ZiYVvm14WIquxoTjy4mh94VYogN1SrH ehpXsMM2kyhFwjWHoaG3ZaWrq6MS8mfCKJ+JDxM1WnXlkKhF8IA3f/FfRtwC3pCVgCr/1Z dVgdxKKr51dXkmMhJONaHobMYC/ItQg= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mx3-rdu2.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-519-1xI6j7jJN1mZ4R-OJzXdzQ-1; Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:31:05 -0500 X-MC-Unique: 1xI6j7jJN1mZ4R-OJzXdzQ-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D864F29AA39B; Wed, 8 Feb 2023 17:31:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (unknown [10.33.36.66]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B4FE2166B29; Wed, 8 Feb 2023 17:31:04 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 17:31:01 +0000 From: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= To: Paolo Bonzini Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, alex.bennee@linaro.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/4] lcitool: allow overriding package mappings and target facts Message-ID: References: <20230117091638.50523-1-pbonzini@redhat.com> <20230117091638.50523-4-pbonzini@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20230117091638.50523-4-pbonzini@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.9 (2022-11-12) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.6 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=berrange@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_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=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: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 10:16:37AM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > lcitool has generally catered to the Libvirt's needs in terms of > package versions, which are pretty conservative. For example, lcitool > is hardcoding a version of Meson equal to 0.56. QEMU on the other hand > has different needs since some features were added to Meson for the > project's benefit in versions as recent as 0.63. > > Until now, QEMU has managed to avoid the problem by shipping its own > version of Meson. However, the next release of QEMU will face a breaking > point in that Meson 0.63 does not work with the 3.6 version of Python > that is provided by CentOS Stream 8 and OpenSUSE LEAP 15.3. > > Implement locally the functionality provided by > https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci/-/merge_requests/341, so that > QEMU can override the mappings and target paths that are used for its CI. I'd like to just push ahead with getting that merged so we use the lcitool --data-dir arg to do what QEMU needs, and stay away from the internal python code. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|