Re: [PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-10-05 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 01/10/2020 15:50, George Dunlap wrote: >>> Signed-off-by: George Dunlap >>> --- >>> >>> CC: Ian Jackson >>> CC: Wei Liu >>> CC: Andrew Cooper >>> CC: Jan Beulich >>> CC: Stefano Stabellini >>> CC: Julien Grall >>> CC: Rich Persaud >>> CC: Bertrand Marquis >>> --- >>> docs/index.rst

Re: [PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-10-02 Thread Bertrand Marquis
Hi Christopher, > On 2 Oct 2020, at 07:25, Christopher Clark > wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 7:38 AM Bertrand Marquis > wrote: >> >> Hi George, >> >> + Christopher Clark to have his view on what to put for Yocto. >> >>> On 30 Sep 2020, at 13:57, George Dunlap wrote: >>> >>> Define a s

Re: [PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-10-02 Thread George Dunlap
> On Oct 1, 2020, at 4:36 PM, Roger Pau Monne wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 01:57:36PM +0100, George Dunlap wrote: >> + >> +Distros we consider when deciding minimum versions >> +-- >> + >> +We currently aim to support Xen building and runnin

Re: [PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-10-01 Thread Christopher Clark
On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 7:38 AM Bertrand Marquis wrote: > > Hi George, > > + Christopher Clark to have his view on what to put for Yocto. > > > On 30 Sep 2020, at 13:57, George Dunlap wrote: > > > > Define a specific criteria for how we determine what tools and > > libraries to be compatible with.

Re: [PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-10-01 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Thu, 1 Oct 2020, George Dunlap wrote: > > On Sep 30, 2020, at 9:23 PM, Stefano Stabellini > > wrote: > > > > On Wed, 30 Sep 2020, George Dunlap wrote: > >> Define a specific criteria for how we determine what tools and > >> libraries to be compatible with. This will clarify issues such as, >

Re: [PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-10-01 Thread Roger Pau Monné
On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 01:57:36PM +0100, George Dunlap wrote: > Define a specific criteria for how we determine what tools and > libraries to be compatible with. This will clarify issues such as, > "Should we continue to support Python 2.4" moving forward. > > Note that CentOS 7 is set to stop r

Re: [PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-10-01 Thread George Dunlap
> On Oct 1, 2020, at 1:58 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote: > > On 30/09/2020 13:57, George Dunlap wrote: >> Define a specific criteria for how we determine what tools and >> libraries to be compatible with. This will clarify issues such as, >> "Should we continue to support Python 2.4" moving forward.

Re: [PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-10-01 Thread Bertrand Marquis
Hi George, + Christopher Clark to have his view on what to put for Yocto. > On 30 Sep 2020, at 13:57, George Dunlap wrote: > > Define a specific criteria for how we determine what tools and > libraries to be compatible with. This will clarify issues such as, > "Should we continue to support Py

Re: [PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-10-01 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 30/09/2020 13:57, George Dunlap wrote: > Define a specific criteria for how we determine what tools and > libraries to be compatible with. This will clarify issues such as, > "Should we continue to support Python 2.4" moving forward. Luckily that one is settled.  Arguably a better option might

Re: [PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-10-01 Thread George Dunlap
> On Sep 30, 2020, at 9:23 PM, Stefano Stabellini > wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Sep 2020, George Dunlap wrote: >> Define a specific criteria for how we determine what tools and >> libraries to be compatible with. This will clarify issues such as, >> "Should we continue to support Python 2.4" moving

Re: [PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-09-30 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Wed, 30 Sep 2020, George Dunlap wrote: > Define a specific criteria for how we determine what tools and > libraries to be compatible with. This will clarify issues such as, > "Should we continue to support Python 2.4" moving forward. > > Note that CentOS 7 is set to stop receiving "normal" mai

Re: [PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-09-30 Thread Jan Beulich
On 30.09.2020 15:29, George Dunlap wrote: > The list above was made by trying to make sense of the table in the link > above (https://www.suse.com/lifecycle/). I think it’s important to have > references such that the release manager can easily update this list every > release. Do you think yo

Re: [PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-09-30 Thread George Dunlap
> On Sep 30, 2020, at 2:11 PM, Jan Beulich wrote: > > On 30.09.2020 14:57, George Dunlap wrote: >> --- /dev/null >> +++ b/docs/policies/dependency-versions.rst >> @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ >> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 >> + >> +Build and runtime dependencies >> +=

Re: [PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-09-30 Thread Jan Beulich
On 30.09.2020 14:57, George Dunlap wrote: > --- /dev/null > +++ b/docs/policies/dependency-versions.rst > @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ > +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 > + > +Build and runtime dependencies > +== > + > +Xen depends on other programs and libraries to build and

[PATCH RFC] docs: Add minimum version depencency policy document

2020-09-30 Thread George Dunlap
Define a specific criteria for how we determine what tools and libraries to be compatible with. This will clarify issues such as, "Should we continue to support Python 2.4" moving forward. Note that CentOS 7 is set to stop receiving "normal" maintenance updates in "Q4 2020"; assuming that 4.15 is