These changes match those made in the following libvirt commits:
2ac78307af docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages
78cffd450a docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases
Since QEMU's platform support policy is based on libvirt's, it
makes sense to mirror these recent changes made to the latter.
The policy is not altered significantly - we're simply spelling
out some rules that were likely already being implicitly
enforced.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
---
docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
index e9163ba556..dce6557bd4 100644
--- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
+++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times. Support
for the previous major version will be dropped 2 years after the new major
version is released or when the vendor itself drops support, whichever comes
first. In this context, third-party efforts to extend the lifetime of a distro
-are not considered, even when they are endorsed by the vendor (eg. Debian LTS).
+are not considered, even when they are endorsed by the vendor (eg. Debian LTS);
+the same is true of repositories that contain packages backported from later
+releases (e.g. Debian backports). Within each major release, only the most
+recent minor release is considered.
For the purposes of identifying supported software versions available on Linux,
the project will look at CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, RHEL, SLES and
--
2.35.1On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 06:03:11PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > These changes match those made in the following libvirt commits: > > 2ac78307af docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages > 78cffd450a docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases > > Since QEMU's platform support policy is based on libvirt's, it > makes sense to mirror these recent changes made to the latter. > > The policy is not altered significantly - we're simply spelling > out some rules that were likely already being implicitly > enforced. Indeed, I think that's basically defacto the case already. > > Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com> > --- > docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:15:08PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 06:03:11PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > These changes match those made in the following libvirt commits: > > > > 2ac78307af docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages > > 78cffd450a docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases > > > > Since QEMU's platform support policy is based on libvirt's, it > > makes sense to mirror these recent changes made to the latter. > > > > The policy is not altered significantly - we're simply spelling > > out some rules that were likely already being implicitly > > enforced. > > Indeed, I think that's basically defacto the case already. > > Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> Thanks! Are you going to bring these in through one of your trees, or do I need to bug someone else so that they will pick them up? :) -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization
On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 09:18:47AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:15:08PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 06:03:11PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > > These changes match those made in the following libvirt commits: > > > > > > 2ac78307af docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages > > > 78cffd450a docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases > > > > > > Since QEMU's platform support policy is based on libvirt's, it > > > makes sense to mirror these recent changes made to the latter. > > > > > > The policy is not altered significantly - we're simply spelling > > > out some rules that were likely already being implicitly > > > enforced. > > > > Indeed, I think that's basically defacto the case already. > > > > Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> > > Thanks! Are you going to bring these in through one of your trees, or > do I need to bug someone else so that they will pick them up? :) I see these haven't gone in yet. Anything I can/should do to make that happen? Note that 1/2 is no longer applicable, since 4a89bf188a31 has already fixed the issue in the meantime. -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization
On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 01:01:03AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 09:18:47AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:15:08PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 06:03:11PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > > > These changes match those made in the following libvirt commits: > > > > > > > > 2ac78307af docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages > > > > 78cffd450a docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases > > > > > > > > Since QEMU's platform support policy is based on libvirt's, it > > > > makes sense to mirror these recent changes made to the latter. > > > > > > > > The policy is not altered significantly - we're simply spelling > > > > out some rules that were likely already being implicitly > > > > enforced. > > > > > > Indeed, I think that's basically defacto the case already. > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> > > > > Thanks! Are you going to bring these in through one of your trees, or > > do I need to bug someone else so that they will pick them up? :) > > I see these haven't gone in yet. Anything I can/should do to make > that happen? The tragedy of QEMU not having a central docs maintainer. I'll queue this one for my next pull request. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 09:23:28AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 01:01:03AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 09:18:47AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:15:08PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 06:03:11PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > > > > These changes match those made in the following libvirt commits: > > > > > > > > > > 2ac78307af docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages > > > > > 78cffd450a docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases > > > > > > > > > > Since QEMU's platform support policy is based on libvirt's, it > > > > > makes sense to mirror these recent changes made to the latter. > > > > > > > > > > The policy is not altered significantly - we're simply spelling > > > > > out some rules that were likely already being implicitly > > > > > enforced. > > > > > > > > Indeed, I think that's basically defacto the case already. > > > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> > > > > > > Thanks! Are you going to bring these in through one of your trees, or > > > do I need to bug someone else so that they will pick them up? :) > > > > I see these haven't gone in yet. Anything I can/should do to make > > that happen? > > The tragedy of QEMU not having a central docs maintainer. I'll queue > this one for my next pull request. Still doesn't seem to have been merged. Not pressuring you or anything, just making sure it doesn't slip through the cracks :) -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization
On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 06:42:58AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 09:23:28AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 01:01:03AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 09:18:47AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:15:08PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 06:03:11PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > > > > > These changes match those made in the following libvirt commits: > > > > > > > > > > > > 2ac78307af docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages > > > > > > 78cffd450a docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases > > > > > > > > > > > > Since QEMU's platform support policy is based on libvirt's, it > > > > > > makes sense to mirror these recent changes made to the latter. > > > > > > > > > > > > The policy is not altered significantly - we're simply spelling > > > > > > out some rules that were likely already being implicitly > > > > > > enforced. > > > > > > > > > > Indeed, I think that's basically defacto the case already. > > > > > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> > > > > > > > > Thanks! Are you going to bring these in through one of your trees, or > > > > do I need to bug someone else so that they will pick them up? :) > > > > > > I see these haven't gone in yet. Anything I can/should do to make > > > that happen? > > > > The tragedy of QEMU not having a central docs maintainer. I'll queue > > this one for my next pull request. > > Still doesn't seem to have been merged. Not pressuring you or > anything, just making sure it doesn't slip through the cracks :) I'm still not seeing this in the tree. I figure with 7.1 coming up you might be preparing a pull request at some point in the near future so I though I'd ping again :) -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization
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