When bug fixes occur (such as the fix for bug #514) is there any way to apply that fix to a stable branch (such as 3.0.1) or does it require either the installation of xen-unstable or waiting until 3.0.2 is released? Thank you, Brian _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 01:03:37PM -0500, Brian Hays wrote:> When bug fixes occur (such as the fix for bug #514) is there any way to > apply that fix to a stable branch (such as 3.0.1) or does it require > either the installation of xen-unstable or waiting until 3.0.2 is > released?Pulling bug fixes from unstable into 3.0-testing is a manual operation, something that one of the XenSource employees does as and when it is needed (and preferably in batches, because it''s thankless work). If you would like to see a bug fix in 3.0-testing, then you should ask on the list, specifying xen-unstable changesets, preferably. We will assess the bug to determine whether the fix is risky (i.e. likely to destabilise the stable tree) versus the impact of the bug before we decide whether it''s going to go in. If you could provide that assessment for us, that would help too. Finally, if the patch does not apply cleanly against unstable, then it would help if you provided a patch that was rebased against 3.0-testing. For each 3.0.x release, we normally sweep the whole of unstable into the 3.0-testing tree, so all bug fixes get taken at that point. You only need to go through this arduous process for the 8 weeks or so between releases -- any time close to a 3.0.x release, it''s probably easier for all involved just to wait for that release. 3.0.2 will be about a week (we tagged 3.0.2-rc last Friday). Ewan. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Thank you. Is 3.0-testing now considered 3.0.2-rc? Or is that separate? Thank you, Brian On 3/26/06, Ewan Mellor <ewan@xensource.com> wrote:> > On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 01:03:37PM -0500, Brian Hays wrote: > > > When bug fixes occur (such as the fix for bug #514) is there any way to > > apply that fix to a stable branch (such as 3.0.1) or does it require > > either the installation of xen-unstable or waiting until 3.0.2 is > > released? > > Pulling bug fixes from unstable into 3.0-testing is a manual operation, > something that one of the XenSource employees does as and when it is > needed (and preferably in batches, because it''s thankless work). > > If you would like to see a bug fix in 3.0-testing, then you should ask on > the > list, specifying xen-unstable changesets, preferably. We will assess > the bug to determine whether the fix is risky (i.e. likely to > destabilise the stable tree) versus the impact of the bug before we > decide whether it''s going to go in. If you could provide that > assessment for us, that would help too. Finally, if the patch does not > apply cleanly against unstable, then it would help if you provided a > patch that was rebased against 3.0-testing. > > For each 3.0.x release, we normally sweep the whole of unstable into the > 3.0-testing tree, so all bug fixes get taken at that point. You only > need to go through this arduous process for the 8 weeks or so between > releases -- any time close to a 3.0.x release, it''s probably easier for > all involved just to wait for that release. > > 3.0.2 will be about a week (we tagged 3.0.2-rc last Friday). > > Ewan. >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Ewan Mellor wrote:> > 3.0.2 will be about a week (we tagged 3.0.2-rc last Friday). >In relation to this, should we expect another sweep into 3.0-testing or is the tree in bug fix only mode? I remember 2.6.16 kernel was expected to be distributed with 3.0.2. Thanks, Matt Ayres _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Ewan Mellor wrote:> 3.0.2 will be about a week (we tagged 3.0.2-rc last Friday). >I noticed that 3.0.2-rc was tagged on Friday. Can you explain the significance of that? Is that particular changeset going to become 3.0.2? Are you just doing extended testing on it or are you just going to tag a new changeset in a week as 3.0.2? Regards, Anthony Liguori> Ewan. > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
> I noticed that 3.0.2-rc was tagged on Friday. Can you > explain the significance of that? Is that particular > changeset going to become 3.0.2? Are you just doing extended > testing on it or are you just going to tag a new changeset in > a week as 3.0.2?We were just going to sweep -unstable into -testing and call a 3.0.2 release, but it was felt that since there had been some significant changes in the previous few days letting it sit in unstable for a few days wouldn''t be a bad thing. Adding the -rc tag was done to remind patch submitters we''re close to a release (bug fixes only) and to give the testers a heads-up. Ian _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Ian Pratt wrote:>> I noticed that 3.0.2-rc was tagged on Friday. Can you >> explain the significance of that? Is that particular >> changeset going to become 3.0.2? Are you just doing extended >> testing on it or are you just going to tag a new changeset in >> a week as 3.0.2? >> > > We were just going to sweep -unstable into -testing and call a 3.0.2 > release, but it was felt that since there had been some significant > changes in the previous few days letting it sit in unstable for a few > days wouldn''t be a bad thing. Adding the -rc tag was done to remind > patch submitters we''re close to a release (bug fixes only) and to give > the testers a heads-up. >Excellent, thanks for the heads up. Regards, Anthony Liguori> Ian >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel