Re: [Qemu-devel] please release qemu version 1.7.1

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 10:59:42PM +0100, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> On 03/24/14 22:50, Andreas Färber wrote:
> > Laszlo,
> > 
> > Am 24.03.2014 20:23, schrieb Laszlo Ersek:
> >> http://wiki.qemu.org/Planning/1.7
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >> Laszlo
> > 
> > Since you're not addressing anyone in particular who could create the
> > release for you, the tag already exists on Michael's branch:
> > https://github.com/mdroth/qemu/commits/v1.7.1
> > 
> > And you can use scripts/make-release as an interim solution for creating
> > the tarball from it.
> 
> Thank you. However, I don't need the release for myself. I'd like to
> submit an OVMF patch (ACPI table download). That patch causes an OVMF
> regression when running on v1.7.0, but works on v1.7.1 (and of course on
> 2.0.0-rc0). I'd like the tarball to be available to users; both to
> people who download it from the upstream location, and to those who use
> 1.7.x-based distro (eg. Debian) packages.
> 
> In my OVMF patch I'd like to reference the v1.7.1 qemu release.
> 
> (Side note, the patch is also fine on v1.6.x and earlier.)
> 
> > If you do, you might be interested in:
> > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/331939/
> > 
> > What's missing is someone who can upload the tarball and edit all
> > relevant Wiki pages. And someone to push branch and tag to qemu.git.
> 
> "Can" as in "is willing", or as in "is permitted"?
> 
> I didn't know whom to address specifically.

Anthony is doing releases and is the right person to poke.

I think all that's left is publishing the tarball and posting the
release announcement.

Stefan