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Hi! I would like to include upstream qemu version 10.0 in trixie. Currently, qemu is at release-candidate stage, 10.0.0-rc0, and the actual release is planned for 2025-04-15 (or 2025-04-22 if a critical bug is found during the release process) -- the same day as the planned freeze of trixie. The upstream release schedule is at https://wiki.qemu.org/Planning/10.0 . Currrently, qemu 10.0.0-rc0 is uploaded to debian experimental, and it works quite well so far. Obviously it is possible to discover bugs after the uplstream release too, - this is dealt in the upstream stable/bugfix releases, with usual schedule about every month. The reason why I'd love to have 10.0 in trixie (instead of current 9.2) is the need to support qemu during the trixie life cycle, which means back-porting fixes. Qemu is a fast-moving target still, and it is increasingly difficult to support older releases for long time. I plan to provide a long-term upstream series for the qemu version we will ship in debian trixie. Qemu is critical for debian infrastructure, this is why I'd love to have as strong support background for it as possible. At the same time, possible issues in qemu which are found during trixie freeze might require extra efforts from everyone, including me as qemu maintainer, and the release team. So there's a risk here. On the other hand, qemu from trixie is not used to build trixie currently, so the risk shouldn't be that much. I plan to upload 10.0.0-rc0 to sid tomorrow, once debci tests for the current version in experimental are completed. Thanks, /mjt
