Re: [PATCH 2/2] Update Xen version to 4.20-rc

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>]

On 09/01/2025 3:44 pm, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 09.01.2025 16:39, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> --- a/README
>> +++ b/README
>> @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
>> -############################################################
>> -__  __                                _        _     _
>> -\ \/ /___ _ __        _   _ _ __  ___| |_ __ _| |__ | | ___
>> - \  // _ \ '_ \ _____| | | | '_ \/ __| __/ _` | '_ \| |/ _ \
>> - /  \  __/ | | |_____| |_| | | | \__ \ || (_| | |_) | |  __/
>> -/_/\_\___|_| |_|      \__,_|_| |_|___/\__\__,_|_.__/|_|\___|
>> -
>> -############################################################
>> +#####################################################
>> +__  __            _  _    ____   ___
>> +\ \/ /___ _ __   | || |  |___ \ / _ \       _ __ ___
>> + \  // _ \ '_ \  | || |_   __) | | | |_____| '__/ __|
>> + /  \  __/ | | | |__   _| / __/| |_| |_____| | | (__
>> +/_/\_\___|_| |_|    |_|(_)_____|\___/      |_|  \___|
>> +
>> +#####################################################
>>  
>>  https://www.xen.org/
>>  
>> --- a/SUPPORT.md
>> +++ b/SUPPORT.md
>> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ for the definitions of the support status levels etc.
>>  
>>  # Release Support
>>  
>> -    Xen-Version: 4.20-unstable
>> +    Xen-Version: 4.20-rc
>>      Initial-Release: n/a
>>      Supported-Until: TBD
>>      Security-Support-Until: Unreleased - not yet security-supported
>> --- a/xen/Makefile
>> +++ b/xen/Makefile
>> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ this-makefile := $(call lastword,$(MAKEFILE_LIST))
>>  # All other places this is stored (eg. compile.h) should be autogenerated.
>>  export XEN_VERSION       = 4
>>  export XEN_SUBVERSION    = 20
>> -export XEN_EXTRAVERSION ?= -unstable$(XEN_VENDORVERSION)
>> +export XEN_EXTRAVERSION ?= .0-rc$(XEN_VENDORVERSION)
> Since we'd been there before I take it the .0 in here (which isn't in the
> changes to the other two files) is deliberate now? Clearly I continue to
> think it shouldn't be put there together with -rc.

Oh, that's because I cribbed this by looking at the recent releases.

The documentation leaves ~everything to be desired...

I can drop the .0 here, although I shan't repost just for that.

~Andrew