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Tsirkin" To: Daniel =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=2E_Berrang=E9?= Cc: Ani Sinha , imammedo@redhat.com, jsnow@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, peter.maydell@linaro.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, thuth@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/11] acpi/tests/bits: add python test that exercizes QEMU bios tables using biosbits Message-ID: <20220928051727-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20220716112943-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <20220917162606-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <20220927171601-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=mst@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -28 X-Spam_score: -2.9 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.082, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 07:58:46AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > biosbits isn't tied to QEMU versions, it is an entirely separate 3rd > party project. This binary is just providing the test env, and IIUC, > control over what executes in this env is still done by the QEMU side > test scripts. I'm not seeing a coupling here that requires precise > matching. In any case biosbit is a dead project so does not look > likely to have any changes. > > If we did want to have different versions though, we can stil > publish artifacts from different branches of biosbits code. Gitlab > will preserve & publish the latest artifacts from each branch in > parallel. > > With regards, > Daniel The issue is bugs, testing, support. If biosbits needs to support old qemu versions that's a ton of work for no real benefit. CI is CI, it's not a binary distribution mechanism, abusing it will just lead to problems down the road... my $.02 -- MST