On 29.02.2024 12:56, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 29.02.2024 11:23, Julien Grall wrote: >> On 29/02/2024 07:58, Jan Beulich wrote: >>> (And >>> no, upgrading the ancient distros on that ancient hardware is not an >>> option for me.) >> >> May I ask why? Is it because newer distros don't support your HW? > > Because as part of my job I also need to support ancient versions of > Xen on ancient distros. Since I need to keep those around, it makes > sense to me to then also test modern Xen there (every now and then, as > said, and not really extensively).
Oh, and - because upgrading has proven to take quite a bit of time, if also accounting for all the follow-on work that needs doing when parts of the upgrade didn't quite go as intended. Whether newer distros formally don't support such old hardware is just another possible factor. Jan
