Hi Kelly, On Wed, 2024-05-15 at 14:27 +0100, Kelly Choi wrote: > Hi Oleksii, > > If there are no objections by tomorrow, let's assume by lazy > consensus that we will extend the timeline by a week. > If anyone objects to this, please reply to this email. I will send a separate email tomorrow if no one objects.
~ Oleksii > > Many thanks, > Kelly Choi > > Community Manager > Xen Project > > > On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 4:13 AM Henry Wang <xin.wa...@amd.com> wrote: > > Hi Oleksii, > > > > On 5/14/2024 11:43 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote: > > > On 14/05/2024 4:40 pm, Oleksii K. wrote: > > >> Hello everyone, > > >> > > >> We're observing fewer merged patches/series across several > > >> architectures for the current 4.19 release in comparison to > > previous > > >> release. > > >> > > >> For example: > > >> 1. For Arm, significant features like Cache Coloring and PCI > > >> Passthrough won't be fully merged. Thus, it would be beneficial > > to > > >> commit at least the following two patch series: > > >> > > [1]https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240511005611.83125-1-xin.wa...@amd.com/ > > >> > > >> > > [2]https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240424033449.168398-1-xin.wa...@amd.com/ > > >> > > >> 2. For RISC-V, having the following patch series [3], mostly > > reviewed > > >> with only one blocker [4], would be advantageous (As far as I > > know, > > >> Andrew is planning to update his patch series): > > >> > > [3]https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1713347222.git.oleksii.kuroc...@gmail.com/ > > >> [4] > > >> > > https://patchew.org/Xen/20240313172716.2325427-1-andrew.coop...@citrix.com/ > > >> > > >> 3. For PPC, it would be beneficial to have [5] merged: > > >> [5] > > >> > > https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1712893887.git.sanasta...@raptorengineering.com/ > > >> > > >> Extending the feature freeze deadline by one week, until May > > 24th, > > >> would provide additional time for merges mentioned above. This, > > in > > >> turn, would create space for more features and fixes for x86 and > > other > > >> common elements. If we agree to extend the feature freeze > > deadline, > > >> please feel free to outline what you would like to see in the > > 4.19 > > >> release. This will make it easier to track our final goals and > > >> determine if they are realistically achievable. > > >> > > >> I'd like to open the floor for discussion on this proposal. Does > > it > > >> make sense, and would it be useful? > > > Considering how many people are blocked on me, I'd welcome a > > little bit > > > longer to get the outstanding series/fixes to land. > > > > It would be great if we can extend the deadline for a week, thank > > you! I > > will try my best to make progress of the two above-mentioned Arm > > series. > > > > Kind regards, > > Henry
