Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
---
 docs/news.xml | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
index 92d566c2fe..434aeab933 100644
--- a/docs/news.xml
+++ b/docs/news.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@
           KVM device assignment from libvirt too.
         </description>
       </change>
+      <change>
+        <summary>
+          libxml: min required libxml is now 2.9.1
+        </summary>
+        <description>
+          Support for building with libxml versions older than 2.9.1
+          has been dropped.
+        </description>
+      </change>
     </section>
     <section title="Improvements">
       <change>
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On Tue, 2019-09-03 at 13:24 +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> +      <change>
> +        <summary>
> +          libxml: min required libxml is now 2.9.1
> +        </summary>
> +        <description>
> +          Support for building with libxml versions older than 2.9.1
> +          has been dropped.
> +        </description>
> +      </change>

I don't think we need to document this in the release notes: for
starters, configure will already complain loudly if libxml on the
host is too old, same as it does for any other dependency, and
additionally the version bump is fully in line with our established
platform support policy.

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On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 04:19:01PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-09-03 at 13:24 +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > +      <change>
> > +        <summary>
> > +          libxml: min required libxml is now 2.9.1
> > +        </summary>
> > +        <description>
> > +          Support for building with libxml versions older than 2.9.1
> > +          has been dropped.
> > +        </description>
> > +      </change>
> 
> I don't think we need to document this in the release notes: for
> starters, configure will already complain loudly if libxml on the
> host is too old, same as it does for any other dependency, and
> additionally the version bump is fully in line with our established
> platform support policy.

I don't agree. This is something I expect to be prominent in any
application's release notes or news. There's no downside to giving
users this information upfront.

Regards,
Daniel
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On Tue, 2019-09-03 at 15:22 +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 04:19:01PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > On Tue, 2019-09-03 at 13:24 +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > > +      <change>
> > > +        <summary>
> > > +          libxml: min required libxml is now 2.9.1
> > > +        </summary>
> > > +        <description>
> > > +          Support for building with libxml versions older than 2.9.1
> > > +          has been dropped.
> > > +        </description>
> > > +      </change>
> > 
> > I don't think we need to document this in the release notes: for
> > starters, configure will already complain loudly if libxml on the
> > host is too old, same as it does for any other dependency, and
> > additionally the version bump is fully in line with our established
> > platform support policy.
> 
> I don't agree. This is something I expect to be prominent in any
> application's release notes or news. There's no downside to giving
> users this information upfront.

We have traditionally not done this but alright, I can see how it
could be helpful in some scenarios.

  Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>

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