Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [0.14] Queue of 0.14 patches/pull?

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

On 01/28/2011 07:33 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 01/28/2011 11:00 AM, Michael Tokarev wrote:
>> 28.01.2011 11:06, Yoshiaki Tamura wrote:
>> []
>>> I would like Kemari to be included for 0.14.  Thanks to many
>>> valuable comments from various reviewers, it got better than
>>> ever, I believe.  For those who may object, it wouldn't affect
>>> any functions including live migration unless one turns it on.
>>> Besides, it is a good application of live migration.  By having
>>> merged, I would be able to focus on increasing functionality and
>>> optimization.
>>
>> It's somewhat unexpected to see merge request for any new
>> functionality into a "stable" branch.  Having nothing bad
>> against Kemari, I still think we shouldn't include any new
>> functionality into 0.14, which were planned to be released
>> before new year... ;)
>>
>> I mean, if it were not merged so far, for reasons that can
>> be discussed separately etc, regardless of its good shape
>> and so on... let's don't do any last-minute merges.
>
> To be fair to Yoshiaki, the first 17 patches in his 19-patch series 
> have no impact on the operation of QEMU, and even the last two are 
> Kemari-only.  I know almost nothing about Kemari so I cannot comment 
> on the technical side of those patches, only that it w^Hshouldn't be 
> destabilizing.  I made some comments on a couple of patches, so I'm 
> inclined to say no as well.

No, I'd prefer not to take Kemari before the 0.14 freeze.  It gives us a 
full release cycle for testing plus gives a nice headline feature for 0.15.

> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/91096 should be 
> applied in any case, as it is a regression from 0.12.

Thanks.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori


> Paolo
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