Re: [Qemu-devel] Any QEMU 2.8 release blockers?

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:39 PM, Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de> wrote:
> On 12/13/16 22:04, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:01 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>> How is QEMU 2.8.0-rc3 holding up?
>>>>
>>>> I'm not aware of release blockers.  QEMU 2.8.0 will be released on
>>>> Tuesday, December 13th if nothing comes up.  It will be the -rc3
>>>> source tree.
>>>
>>>
>>> There have been no release blockers so I plan to tag QEMU 2.8.0 today
>>> (December 13th at 19:00 UTC).
>>>
>>> If something critical turns up please notify me on IRC (stefanha on
>>> #qemu irc.oftc.net).
>>
>>
>> Mike Roth discovered a migration compatibility bug introduced by
>> commit d1b4259f1ab18af24e6a297edb6a8f71691f3256 ("virtio-bus: Plug
>> devices after features are negotiated").  The release will be delayed
>> until this is resolved.
>>
>> Please check the mailing list for discussion.  Mike is sending out a
>> mail summarizing the bug.
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>
> Maybe you can update the po files before tagging the release.
> They currently no longer match the code (changed line numbers,
> new string "_Copy").
>
> Long way: make install
> Short way: make -C po build

I've sent a patch to the list and CCed you.  I ran make -C po update.

Weird that the line numbers are hardcoded in the .po file format.  An
addr2line type tool would have been better to avoid the constant
outdated line numbers.  That said, I don't know anything about how
gettext is designed...

Stefan