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.xenproject.org (lists.xenproject.org [192.237.175.120]) (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 C34DDC433EF for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:35:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lists.xenproject.org with outflank-mailman.276767.473047 (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nMUNg-0001D7-4J; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:35:00 +0000 X-Outflank-Mailman: Message body and most headers restored to incoming version Received: by outflank-mailman (output) from mailman id 276767.473047; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:35:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.xenproject.org) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nMUNg-0001D0-1A; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:35:00 +0000 Received: by outflank-mailman (input) for mailman id 276767; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:34:58 +0000 Received: from se1-gles-flk1-in.inumbo.com ([94.247.172.50] helo=se1-gles-flk1.inumbo.com) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nMUNe-0001Cu-JM for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:34:58 +0000 Received: from wout1-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout1-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.24]) by se1-gles-flk1.inumbo.com (Halon) with ESMTPS id cda59c64-93db-11ec-8539-5f4723681683; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:34:40 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B5CE3202138; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 07:34:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 22 Feb 2022 07:34:48 -0500 Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 07:34:45 -0500 (EST) X-BeenThere: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org List-Id: Xen developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Precedence: list Sender: "Xen-devel" X-Inumbo-ID: cda59c64-93db-11ec-8539-5f4723681683 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:date:from:from :in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=1cwBl3Dlc+eSuBKBr 9u3an3V7I9uGGazK91w8bC07/A=; b=R8OYf1GCUkPqtX1I1HhuOeXepXZoq7VM7 ledvyUv7l8aBz5SFWCIHJ7EJ56FVq1y/lFIwby+IDlVZJtcxSVJM13DPVUmixCPY 1akR89XeewRQYnk/MkeR2gmou0cFBw54kYjdz4C+HVEYyUNwYccc40syFZ5IQqj1 0YZZDZyRbn7JWPZeKqyZnz5Tx2LuFePn4DhQxsCyjRm8xLZRamWE1JU1pDO+wNP7 Iz05gmph9WvRNgJ2Br7bvXA1ks29MAazzruHxOvR/Eh9RO2WUwL/XPk9fA9afLd9 K8nK6ADOhwCVko6bG89ovRFACN8oZENuWIbSd4CezsI/ffmyQLHbQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvvddrkeekgdegtdcutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpeffhffvuffkfhggtggujgesghdtreertddtjeenucfhrhhomhepofgrrhgvkhcu ofgrrhgtiiihkhhofihskhhiqdfikphrvggtkhhiuceomhgrrhhmrghrvghksehinhhvih hsihgslhgvthhhihhnghhslhgrsgdrtghomheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepteevffei gffhkefhgfegfeffhfegveeikeettdfhheevieehieeitddugeefteffnecuvehluhhsth gvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepmhgrrhhmrghrvghksehi nhhvihhsihgslhgvthhhihhnghhslhgrsgdrtghomh X-ME-Proxy: Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:34:42 +0100 From: Marek =?utf-8?Q?Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki?= To: George Dunlap , Jan Beulich , Ian Jackson , Committers , "xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org" , Andrew Cooper , Julien Grall , Stefano Stabellini , Wei Liu Subject: Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy Message-ID: References: <20210813113727.6028-1-iwj@xenproject.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NKhGOpqXO9szl3YX" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: --NKhGOpqXO9szl3YX Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:34:42 +0100 From: Marek =?utf-8?Q?Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki?= To: George Dunlap , Jan Beulich , Ian Jackson , Committers , "xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org" , Andrew Cooper , Julien Grall , Stefano Stabellini , Wei Liu Subject: Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 01:18:03PM +0100, Wojtek Porczyk wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 09:50:25PM +0000, George Dunlap wrote: > > I think it=E2=80=99s too much effort to ask developers to try to find t= he actual > > minimum version of each individual dependency as things evolve. >=20 > By "find the actual minimum version", do you mean to get to know the vers= ion > number, or install that version on developer's machine? I think it's something else (closer to the second one): finding what version is required for features actually used in the code. --=20 Best Regards, Marek Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki Invisible Things Lab --NKhGOpqXO9szl3YX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEhrpukzGPukRmQqkK24/THMrX1ywFAmIU2GMACgkQ24/THMrX 1yyNkAgAkI9gSWNLDTecG/HHJgZWgerwIptOlv7bOsxawbH4Z/07Gkzuv9kpcyRE Lr2sa8E+CERvR9ys9n88LZOoGT6+iwOrpCYTksT9XjQFWlt7JIR4uMElLb+Kf4CQ sgTAcQGHgckEarGmO2/34Z9sOlLQh3e06jl0fqkGZ7UKK0t1MSTs1RNV7iNuEkMI sB1jkIcR2sFf50zegnBddlBaPXDc6wXAIkcRcpzBCiX9WjESthnNLibjvx3fFRYX 4ykWXsYCt04NET9Lcb62CKr24LNci4TRXmiM0lPaickbN9sGSbtLWTo4BL2L3rri F301jzEN9fcntEcLhFqnKtY7yG8zKg== =qQ6a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NKhGOpqXO9szl3YX--