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From: Julian Seward <jseward@acm.org>
To: Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] RFC: This project needs a stable branch
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:19:45 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200703202219.46063.jseward@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200703151453.44831.paul@codesourcery.com>

On Thursday 15 March 2007 14:53, Paul Brook wrote:
> > Subsequent releases of the branch would contain no functionality
> > enhancements, but just bug fixes, with the eventual aim of achieving
> > 'it just works' status for any x86/x86_64 guest I try to install/run.
> > I know that's a tall order, and that 0.9.0 may not be able to supply
> > that for all guests.  But it is an important goal to strive for.
>
> While I agree stability is a desirable goal, and there is obviously users
> want a stable product, I'm not sure a qemu is mature enough to make a
> stable branch worthwhile.  Especially considering the very limited
> technical resources we have available.

Limited effort is always a problem, granted.

So here's a broader question, which I'm surprised nobody has asked
before (afaik).  Think forward to a hypothetical QEMU 1.0 release.
What criteria are required for such a release?

J

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-03-20 22:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-15 11:11 [Qemu-devel] RFC: This project needs a stable branch Julian Seward
2007-03-15 13:48 ` Anthony Liguori
2007-03-15 14:11   ` Julian Seward
2007-03-15 14:53 ` Paul Brook
2007-03-15 15:34   ` Avi Kivity
2007-03-20 22:19   ` Julian Seward [this message]
2007-03-22 22:47     ` Rob Landley
2007-03-22 23:00       ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-03-22 23:23         ` Rob Landley
2007-03-22 23:27           ` Paul Brook
2007-03-22 23:57             ` Julian Seward
2007-03-23  0:35               ` Paul Brook
2007-03-23  0:37               ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-03-22 23:29           ` Thiemo Seufer
2007-03-22 23:45             ` Rob Landley

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