Pkg xen devel - Jul 2014 - Xen 4.4 packaging.

Hi waldi,

Are you planning to update the Xen package too 4.4 soon? Upstream have
released 4.4-rc6 and AIUI are planning to release the final version next
week (I've been out of the office for a bit, so I don't know the precise
state, but that was the last I heard).

I would like to send patches to enable the build on ARM but this relies
on 4.4. I'm happy to do the upgrade first and send you patches if you
would prefer.

Cheers,
Ian.
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On Thu, 2014-03-06 at 14:05 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
> Hi waldi,
> 
> Are you planning to update the Xen package too 4.4 soon? Upstream have
> released 4.4-rc6 and AIUI are planning to release the final version next
> week (I've been out of the office for a bit, so I don't know the
precise
> state, but that was the last I heard).
> 
> I would like to send patches to enable the build on ARM but this relies
> on 4.4. I'm happy to do the upgrade first and send you patches if you
> would prefer.
In the meantime 4.4.0 has been released and it seems like Stefan has
done most of the hard work to update the packaging in Ubuntu. I'd like
to get this into Jessie sooner rather than later. Do you object to me
working on this at some point?

Ian.

On 18.04.2014 21:15, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-03-06 at 14:05 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
>> Hi waldi,
>>
>> Are you planning to update the Xen package too 4.4 soon? Upstream have
>> released 4.4-rc6 and AIUI are planning to release the final version
next
>> week (I've been out of the office for a bit, so I don't know
the precise
>> state, but that was the last I heard).
>>
>> I would like to send patches to enable the build on ARM but this relies
>> on 4.4. I'm happy to do the upgrade first and send you patches if
you
>> would prefer.
> 
> In the meantime 4.4.0 has been released and it seems like Stefan has
> done most of the hard work to update the packaging in Ubuntu. I'd like
> to get this into Jessie sooner rather than later. Do you object to me
> working on this at some point?
Whoever does this in the end, I would be glad to help (provide feedback on which
parts might be dropped since they are hackish and/or not fitting Debian and
which parts still need some touch). For example I did not get to really solve
the compile issue with the ocaml tests and just disabled them to get the package
out before release (of Ubuntu).
So let me know if I can help.

-Stefan
> 
> Ian.
> 

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> On Thu, 2014-03-06 at 14:05 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > Hi waldi,
> >
> > Are you planning to update the Xen package too 4.4 soon? Upstream have
> > released 4.4-rc6 and AIUI are planning to release the final version
next
> > week (I've been out of the office for a bit, so I don't know
the precise
> > state, but that was the last I heard).
> >
> > I would like to send patches to enable the build on ARM but this
relies
> > on 4.4. I'm happy to do the upgrade first and send you patches if
you
> > would prefer.
>
> In the meantime 4.4.0 has been released and it seems like Stefan has
> done most of the hard work to update the packaging in Ubuntu. I'd like
> to get this into Jessie sooner rather than later. Do you object to me
> working on this at some point?
>
> Ian.
Yes Ubuntu xen 4.4 packages can be a start, I think also that is good 
remove more debian/patches possible to make faster future updates.
I already reported here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen/+bug/1297224
At least 3 pathes can be already removed and use configure values instead.
Probably there are also other things that can be fixed and/or improved 
upstream instead always have and maintain dozen of distros patches.

Thanks for any help about debian packages and sorry for my band english.

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On 04/19/2014 03:15 AM, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-03-06 at 14:05 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
>> Hi waldi,
>>
>> Are you planning to update the Xen package too 4.4 soon? Upstream have
>> released 4.4-rc6 and AIUI are planning to release the final version
next
>> week (I've been out of the office for a bit, so I don't know
the precise
>> state, but that was the last I heard).
>>
>> I would like to send patches to enable the build on ARM but this relies
>> on 4.4. I'm happy to do the upgrade first and send you patches if
you
>> would prefer.
> 
> In the meantime 4.4.0 has been released and it seems like Stefan has
> done most of the hard work to update the packaging in Ubuntu. I'd like
> to get this into Jessie sooner rather than later. Do you object to me
> working on this at some point?
> 
> Ian.
Ian,

Without any answer from Waldi (which, by the way, is often the case with
him, unfortunately), I think it's perfectly reasonable to just do the
work. More than 3 months without a reply is not reasonable.

Also, we are now 3 months from the Jessie freeze, so it'd be really bad
to just wait another 3 months for an answer by the current maintainer
(eg: Waldi), and then wake up with no recent Xen in Jessie.

As one of the core upstream author, I trust you can do some good work.
So you have all of my support.

BTW, do you have any update concerning XenServer Core for Debian? Bob
Ball told me it would get done "soon", but that "soon" is
already quite
late, considering the freeze that is approaching.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)

On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 02:05:34PM +0000, Ian Campbell
wrote:
> Are you planning to update the Xen package too 4.4 soon? Upstream have
> released 4.4-rc6 and AIUI are planning to release the final version next
> week (I've been out of the office for a bit, so I don't know the
precise
> state, but that was the last I heard).
I finally found the time to do work on it.

During the last months I finally discovered a combination of tools that
provides me a workflow for git, which does work for me.  I now use a
combination of git-flow, for change and release management, and git-dpm,
for debian/patches and orig handling.  However, I haven't documented
that yet.  So I also imported the current state into a git, but ignored
the existing history.

The current state is:
- Repo on (ssh|git)://git.debian.org/git/pkg-xen/xen.git. As it uses
  git-flow, only the develop-branch is currently populated.
- It builds packages.
- Haven't run-tested them as my test-setup is not available.
> I would like to send patches to enable the build on ARM but this relies
> on 4.4. I'm happy to do the upgrade first and send you patches if you
> would prefer.
Please add a feature-branch[1] and push it somewhere.

If you have questions or need help, you can try to grab me on irc.

Bastian

[1]: In case you haven't worked with git-flow yet:
     git flow init
     git flow feature start $NAME
-- 
Pain is a thing of the mind.  The mind can be controlled.
		-- Spock, "Operation -- Annihilate!" stardate 3287.2
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On Sat, 2014-07-05 at 14:06 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 02:05:34PM +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > Are you planning to update the Xen package too 4.4 soon? Upstream have
> > released 4.4-rc6 and AIUI are planning to release the final version
next
> > week (I've been out of the office for a bit, so I don't know
the precise
> > state, but that was the last I heard).
> 
> I finally found the time to do work on it.
FWIW so did I on Friday.

I'll rebase onto your tree and see what is left over.
> During the last months I finally discovered a combination of tools that
> provides me a workflow for git, which does work for me.  I now use a
> combination of git-flow, for change and release management, and git-dpm,
> for debian/patches and orig handling.  However, I haven't documented
> that yet.  So I also imported the current state into a git, but ignored
> the existing history.
git-flow is new to me (never heard of it), I'll check it out.

By the way: I've got a git-svn conversion of the old repo with proper
author emails etc in it -- would you me to stick it somewhere?
> The current state is:
> - Repo on (ssh|git)://git.debian.org/git/pkg-xen/xen.git. As it uses
>   git-flow, only the develop-branch is currently populated.
> - It builds packages.
> - Haven't run-tested them as my test-setup is not available.
> 
> > I would like to send patches to enable the build on ARM but this
relies
> > on 4.4. I'm happy to do the upgrade first and send you patches if
you
> > would prefer.
> 
> Please add a feature-branch[1] and push it somewhere.
Will do.
> If you have questions or need help, you can try to grab me on irc.
Ack, thanks.
> 
> Bastian
> 
> [1]: In case you haven't worked with git-flow yet:
>      git flow init
>      git flow feature start $NAME
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