Hey Andrew, Both new QEmu and new Libvirt are available to Ubuntu Trusty, fully supported.
Just install your Trusty and run the following commands: add-apt-repository cloud-archive:kilo apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade or apt-get install ubuntu-virt-server That's it! On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 2:43 PM Andrew Martin <amar...@xes-inc.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I actively use the qemu-kvm and libvirt virtualization stack on the latest > Ubuntu server LTS release in a number of production systems. This > virtualization stack is stable, mature, and provides a great base on which > to > host VMs. However, it seems that these packages are not updated once an > LTS is > released, aside from security updates. I know that this is due to the > Ubuntu > SRU (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates), however some major > bugs have > been found that I think satisfy one of the "When" conditions. For example, > I > discovered a bug that would cause the on-disk XML for a VM defined by > libvirt > to not be updated when a snapshot is taken: > https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-users/2015-April/msg00078.html > > The result would be that if the host is rebooted or the VM is shutdown, the > next time it starts up, it would use the previous snapshot, thus either > failing > to start or invalidating the data on the current snapshot. I believe this > satisfies the "Bugs which may, under realistic circumstances, directly > cause a > loss of user data" bullet point on the SRU page. > > I would really like to run a stable virtualization system on top of the > latest > LTS, but it is hard when new stable releases are not available. Would it be > possible for Ubuntu to actively support backporting the stable > virtualization > stack, e.g in a PPA? I see that the Ubuntu Virtualization Team exists on > Launchpad, but does not appear to be active: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-virt/+archive/ubuntu/ppa > > Thanks, > > Andrew Martin > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss >
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