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Re: FC6 and updates for xen? xen 3.0.4 released: msg#00119

Subject: Re: FC6 and updates for xen? xen 3.0.4 released
On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 04:55:49PM +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 01:49:31PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 03:18:16PM +0200, Pasi K?rkk?inen wrote:
> > > Hi list!
> > > 
> > > xen-3.0.3-1.fc6.i386.rpm seems to be in updates-testing for FC6.
> > > 
> > > Are there other xen updates planned for FC6.. ie. is 3.0.4 (or even 
> > > 3.0.5) 
> > > going to packaged for FC6?
> > 
> > Lets not get ahead of ourselves. 3.0.3 is the current stable release of
> > Xen. 3.0.4 is not finished/released and 3.0.5 hasn't even begun development.
> > 
> > Until released its premature to say that we'll release them as FC6 
> > updates. As with most Xen updates, 3.0.4 is painful because we'll need to 
> > upgrade the complete hypervisor, kernel & userspace stack all in one go....
> > yet again.... because of ABI changes between HV & userspace. There have
> > also been many control stack changes in the userspace of 3.0.4 which need
> > extensive testing before allowing them anywhere near FC6. 
> > 
> > So /if/ 3.0.4 becomes available for FC6, it'll only be after a decent spell
> > of stabalization & testing in rawhide.  3.0.5 is anybody's guess because
> > there's no clear timeline for it & no really firm development roadmap from 
> > upstream Xen yet.
> > 
> 
> I was more over asking about the possible future plans, I know 3.0.4 is not 
> yet
> released. Your reply addressed that :) Thanks.
> 

And now Xen 3.0.4 seems to be released:

http://xenbits2.xensource.com/xen-3.0.4-testing.hg

-- Pasi



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