Pkg xen devel - Jul 2009 - Bug#536175: xen-utils-3.4: Package description should mention the HVM is disabled

Package: xen-utils-3.4
Version: 3.4.0-1
Severity: important

The current version of the package does not contain the IOEMU tools.
This makes HVM domains, and PV domains with emulated features like VFB
impossible to run.

There might be good reasons for this, but then at least
the package description should contain a warning that makes
this obvious, so that users know that they can not
simply replace xen-utils-3.2 with xen-utils-3.4 at this time.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.2
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages xen-utils-3.4 depends on:
ii  e2fslibs               1.41.7-1          ext2 filesystem libraries
ii  iproute                20080725-2        networking and traffic
control too
ii  libc6                  2.7-18            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcrypt11            1.4.4-3           LGPL Crypto library -
runtime libr
ii  libncurses5            5.7+20081213-1    shared libraries for
terminal hand
ii  libxenstore3.0         3.4.0-1           Xenstore communications
library fo
ii  python                 2.5.2-3           An interactive high-level
object-o
ii  python-central         0.6.11            register and build utility
for Pyt
ii  python2.5              2.5.2-15          An interactive high-level
object-o
ii  udev                   0.125-7+lenny1    /dev/ and hotplug
management daemo
ii  xen-utils-common       3.3.1-1           XEN administrative tools -
common
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages xen-utils-3.4 recommends:
ii  bridge-utils                  1.4-5      Utilities for configuring
the Linu
ii  xen-hypervisor-3.4-amd64 [xen 3.4.0-1    The Xen Hypervisor on AMD64

Versions of packages xen-utils-3.4 suggests:
ii  xen-docs-3.4                  3.4.0-1    Documentation for Xen

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and subject line Bug#536175: fixed in xen-3 3.4.0-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #536175,
regarding xen-utils-3.4: Package description should mention the HVM is disabled
to be marked as done.

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Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> #536175: xen-utils-3.4: Package description should mention the HVM is
disabled
>
> It has been closed by Bastian Blank <waldi at debian.org>.
> Changes:
>  xen-3 (3.4.0-2) unstable; urgency=low
>  .
>    * Add symbols file for libxenstore3.0. (closes: #536173)
>    * Document that ioemu is currently unsupported. (closes: #536175)
I see you have added a note to the NEWS file.

Due to the importance of the matter, I think the appropriate
place would be the package description of xen-utils-3.4.

This way, the users can reconsider their decision_before_
installing the package. This is especially important until
#536176 is solved, because right now if a user succumbs
to the 3.4 package, there is no easy way going back to 3.2.

    Kristof

ps. I am not re-opening the bug, this is just a suggestion for the next
release.
>    * Fix location of fsimage plugins. (closes: #536174)