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On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 04:26:43PM +0200, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote:
> The last version bump was in "Pike" release (commit: b980df0,
> 11-Feb-2017), and we didn't do any bump during "Queens".  So it's time
> to increment the versions (which will also makes us get rid of some
> backward compatibility cruft), and pick future versions of libvirt and
> QEMU.                                          
> 
> As it stands, during the "Pike" release the advertized NEXT_MIN versions                       
> were set to: libvirt 1.3.1 and QEMU 2.5.0 -- but they weren't actually                         
> bumped for the "Queens" release.  So they will now be applied for the                          
> "Rocky" release.  (Hmm, but note that libvirt 1.3.1 was released more                          
> than 2 years ago[1].)                          
> 
> While at it, we should also discuss about what will be the NEXT_MIN                            
> libvirt and QEMU versions for the "Solar" release.  To that end, I've                          
> spent going through different distributions and updated the                                    
> DistroSupportMatrix Wiki[2].                   
> 
> Taking the DistroSupportMatrix into picture, for the sake of discussion,
> how about the following NEXT_MIN versions for "Solar" release:                                 
> 
> (a) libvirt: 3.2.0 (released on 23-Feb-2017)   
> 
>     This satisfies most distributions, but will affect Debian "Stretch",                       
>     as they only have 3.0.0 in the stable branch -- I've checked their
>     repositories[3][4].  Although the latest update for the stable
>     release "Stretch (9.4)" was released only on 10-March-2018, I don't
>     think they increment libvirt and QEMU versions in stable.  Is
>     there another way for "Stretch (9.4)" users to get the relevant
>     versions from elsewhere?                   
> 
> (b) QEMU: 2.9.0 (released on 20-Apr-2017)      
> 
>     This too satisfies most distributions but will affect Oracle Linux
>     -- which seem to ship QEMU 1.5.3 (released in August 2013) with
>     their "7", from the Wiki.  And will also affect Debian "Stretch" --
>     as it only has 2.8.0
> 
> Can folks chime in here?
> 
> [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-announce/2016-January/msg00002.html
> [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/LibvirtDistroSupportMatrix
> [3] https://packages.qa.debian.org/libv/libvirt.html
> [4] https://packages.qa.debian.org/libv/libvirt.html
> 
> -- 
> /kashyap

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/kashyap