From nobody Fri Apr 19 05:18:39 2024 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of redhat.com designates 207.211.31.120 as permitted sender) client-ip=207.211.31.120; envelope-from=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-1.mimecast.com; Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; dkim=pass; spf=pass (zohomail.com: domain of redhat.com designates 207.211.31.120 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; dmarc=pass(p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-1.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com [207.211.31.120]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 158169823093388.46927999046113; Fri, 14 Feb 2020 08:37:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-65-FlBLRF1FN3STjXd32aVkUw-1; Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:37:07 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 29A1C8010EF; Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:37:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from colo-mx.corp.redhat.com (colo-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.20]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37B4F5C115; Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:37:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.19.33]) by colo-mx.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 268B61809567; Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:36:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) by lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id 01EGauTW028977 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:36:56 -0500 Received: by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) id CDDF15DA85; Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:36:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dhcp-16-105.lcy.redhat.com (unknown [10.42.16.105]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49B0B5DA7D; Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:36:53 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1581698229; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding:list-id:list-help: list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=/xjaBlcc6UnrII0LvrhNEcfVfKBfc8GknvijsDLbmEI=; b=clMLyvdemuGXZgmKsFmRS/0ZkQtTcBufco+EQpnxUtjwfBBN/+WWooq6GK6muB9YXiKNVj 0+m0lpzxz3SdOukP1FZqfj8Sgo5E0LqibBfjyA9wIUN6NPFBEerDIvR0fd04Z2Dw5/wWeV R2k4RyJycBJjH4F63VLbWivqEyk7mVU= From: =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20P=2E=20Berrang=C3=A9?= To: libvir-list@redhat.com Subject: [libvirt PATCH v2] docs: add news item about gnulib removal Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:36:51 +0000 Message-Id: <20200214163651.624178-1-berrange@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 X-loop: libvir-list@redhat.com X-BeenThere: libvir-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk List-Id: Development discussions about the libvirt library & tools List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 X-MC-Unique: FlBLRF1FN3STjXd32aVkUw-1 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @redhat.com) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" While we have CI testing coverage for many platforms, we don't test any non-glibc based Linux and there are other non-Linux platforms we don't officially target, both of which might hit regressions. Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani --- docs/news.xml | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml index 5aa9d081a7..13812a1234 100644 --- a/docs/news.xml +++ b/docs/news.xml @@ -97,6 +97,25 @@
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+ + + use of gnulib has been completely eliminated + + + Historically libvirt has embedded gnulib to provide fixes for + various platform portability problems. This usage has now been + eliminated and alternative approaches for platform portability + problems adopted where required. This has been validated on the + set of platforms covered by automated CI build testing. Other + modern Linux distros using glibc are expected to work. Linux + distros using non-glibc packages, and other non-Linux platforms + may encounter regressions when building this release. Please + report any build problems encountered back to the project + maintainers for evaluation. + + +
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