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qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Fam Zheng , Kevin Wolf , "Daniel P. Berrange" , Peter Maydell , =?UTF-8?Q?Philippe_Mathieu-Daud=c3=a9?= , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Cleber Rosa , =?UTF-8?Q?Alex_Benn=c3=a9e?= Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On 9/23/19 3:05 PM, Eduardo Habkost wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 01:19:41PM -0400, John Snow wrote: >> On 9/23/19 10:50 AM, Cleber Rosa wrote: > [...] >>>> diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-xtensa-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-xtensa-cross.docker >>>> index b9c2e2e531..e6f93f65ee 100644 >>>> --- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-xtensa-cross.docker >>>> +++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-xtensa-cross.docker >>>> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \ >>>> flex \ >>>> gettext \ >>>> git \ >>>> - python-minimal >>>> + python3-minimal >>> >>> I'm getting Python 3.5.3-1+deb9u1 here, so it LGTM. >>> >> >> Oh, that's actually a bit of a problem. I tested on 3.5+, but I think >> some people want 3.6+. >> >> I don't know much about Debian, but we either need to guarantee 3.6+ or >> backtrack our plans to 3.5+. > > Good catch. I forgot we were going to keep 3.5 support because > of Debian 9. > > Now, I'd like to clarify what the wording on our supported build > platforms documentation is supposed to mean for Debian. > > The document says: > > ] For distributions with frequent, short-lifetime releases, the project will > ] aim to support all versions that are not end of life by their respective > ] vendors. For the purposes of identifying supported software versions, the > ] project will look at Fedora, Ubuntu, and openSUSE distros. Other short- > ] lifetime distros will be assumed to ship similar software versions. > ] Fedora has a release every 6-9 months, and averages a support lifetime of a little over a year, and never more than two years. Debian releases once every two years since 2005, and has a support cycle that averages about 3 years. (Notably, this means a release reaches EOL one year after the next release.) Ubuntu releases every six months, with support for just eight months. OpenSUSE has a release about every year or so; support is presently 18 months. > ] For distributions with long-lifetime releases, the project will aim to support > ] the most recent major version at all times. Support for the previous major > ] version will be dropped 2 years after the new major version is released. For > ] the purposes of identifying supported software versions, the project will look > ] at RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu LTS, and SLES distros. Other long-lifetime distros will > ] be assumed to ship similar software versions. > Here's an enumeration of supported long-lifetime build platforms as interpreted from the above text; using standard end-of-service dates (EOS) when available in preference to EOL dates for special support contracts. RHEL6: 2010 - 2016 [EOS: 2021] RHEL7: 2014 - 2021 [EOS: 2024+] RHEL8: 2019 - ?? [EOS: 2029+] Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: 2014-04 -- 2018-04 [EOS: 2019-04] Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: 2016-04 -- 2020-04 [EOS: 2021-04] Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: 2018-04 -- 2022-04 [EOS: 2023-04] Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: 2020-04 -- 2024-04 [EOS: 2025?] SLES 11: 2009 - 2016 [EOS: 2019] SLES 12: 2014 - 2020 [EOS: 2024] SLES 15: 2018 - ~2024? [EOS: 2028] Debian 8: 2015 - 2019 [EOL: 2018] Debian 9: 2017 - 2021 [EOL: ~2020] Debian 10: 2019 - ~2023? [EOL: ~2022] Whoops, our proclaimed support for Debian indeed carries on after its EOL by an entire year. > Debian 10 was released in July 2019. Are we really willing to > support Debian 9 as a supported build platform until July 2021? > The Debian Project itself won't support Debian 9 after July 2020. > > Even for other long-lifetime distros, I really think "2 years > after the new major version is released" is too long, and I'd > like to shorten this to 1 year. > Two years for Debian feels too long, but one year for things like RHEL feels too short. We could treat Debian more like a "short cycle" distro in terms of our policy -- it stands out amongst the other long-term distros with its relatively short support lifespans. I'd recommend something like the following: For both enterprise distributions (Ubuntu LTS, RHEL, SLES) AND community distributions (Ubuntu Interim, Debian Stable, Fedora, OpenSUSE); QEMU will support previous releases for two years, until the end of standard service, or until EOL, whichever occurs first. In practice: this means 2 years for old versions of SLES, RHEL and Ubuntu LTS, but we expire alongside EOL for Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu (Interim), and OpenSUSE. ... Or, more or less, it would be like treating Debian as a short-cycle project instead of a long-cycle one under our current rules. --js