On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 12:14 PM Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.od...@daynix.com> wrote: > > On 2023/10/13 10:38, Jason Wang wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 11:40 PM Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.od...@daynix.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> It was necessary since an Linux older than 2.6.35 may implement the > >> virtio-net header but may not allow to change its length. Remove it > >> since such an old Linux is no longer supported. > > > > Where can I see this agreement? > > docs/about/build-platforms.rst says: > > The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times > > for up to five years after its initial release. 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); 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 Ubuntu LTS. Other distros will be assumed to ship > > similar software versions.
Well it also says: """ If a platform is not listed here, it does not imply that QEMU won't work. If an unlisted platform has comparable software versions to a listed platform, there is every expectation that it will work. """ A lot of downstream have customized build scripts. And is something similar to such removal that has been done for other subsystems? Thanks > > All of the previous major versions of these distributions ship far newer > kernels. > > CentOS Stream 8 and RHEL 8 ship 4.18.0. > Debian bullseye ships 5.10.0. > Fedora 37 ships 6.5.6. > openSUSE Leap 15.4 ships 5.14.21. > SLES 12 ships 4.12.14. > Ubuntu 20.04 ships 5.4. >
