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