From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1W8YO0-0001dk-4G for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:53:13 +0000 Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:52:45 -0500 From: Vivek Goyal Subject: Re: More frequent kexec-tools releases Message-ID: <20140129165245.GD15077@redhat.com> References: <20140128184042.GA7098@redhat.com> <1391013993.19367.22.camel@rhapsody> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1391013993.19367.22.camel@rhapsody> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "kexec" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=twosheds.infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Khalid Aziz Cc: Dave Young , Simon Horman , Kexec Mailing List , WANG Chao On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 09:46:33AM -0700, Khalid Aziz wrote: > On Tue, 2014-01-28 at 13:40 -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > I am wondering if there is any interest in more frequent releases of > > kexec-tools. Say every 3 months or every 6 months. > > Yes, that will be good. I maintain the kexec-tools package for Debian > and I often find myself backporting fixes from git into Debian package > as users find bugs that are already fixed in upstream. Being able to > update the entire package to new release with all accumulated bugfixes > periodically will be helpful. Agreed. If we have more frequent releases of kexec-tools, then distributions can easily rebase to newer releases more frequently and that will reduce the overhead of cherry-picking and backporting fixes. Also it allows distribution users to test new features sooner. For example, kexec support on EFI systems. In worst case, a distribution user will have to wait for an year or more before a release happens and user can test this feature. And this is true for any feature which is introduced in kexec-tools. Thanks Vivek _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec