SeaBIOS release schedule

[Anthony Liguori]

Hi Kevin,

Do you have any plans for a regular release schedule for SeaBIOS?  For 
the qemu 0.12.0 release, I'm more or less grabbing a git snapshot but 
for future releases, I think it would be nice to coordinate to make sure 
that we grabbed a snapshot that you felt was pretty stable.

Currently, qemu releases are anywhere between 3-6 months in duration.  
We plan the release date before the start of the release but we've 
altered the lengths to match up with distro cycles.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:49:17AM -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote:
  Hi Kevin,

 Do you have any plans for a regular release schedule for SeaBIOS?  For  
 the qemu 0.12.0 release, I'm more or less grabbing a git snapshot but  
 for future releases, I think it would be nice to coordinate to make sure  
 that we grabbed a snapshot that you felt was pretty stable.
I too would prefer if qemu used a tagged release of SeaBIOS.

I did not have a regular release schedule in mind, but I think we can
tag SeaBIOS in preparation for a qemu release.  Should critical qemu
fixes be needed, they could be made on a stable branch.

It's been some time since SeaBIOS was last tagged.  I've been meaning
to create a tag, but a couple of things are outstanding that I think
should be included: there is a known issue with ohci keyboard init
(not qemu impacting), and Gerd's option rom changes.

-Kevin

[Anthony Liguori]

Kevin O'Connor wrote:
  On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:49:17AM -0600, Anthony
Liguori wrote:
   
  Hi Kevin,

 Do you have any plans for a regular release schedule for SeaBIOS?  For  
 the qemu 0.12.0 release, I'm more or less grabbing a git snapshot but  
 for future releases, I think it would be nice to coordinate to make sure  
 that we grabbed a snapshot that you felt was pretty stable.
 I too would prefer if qemu used a tagged release of SeaBIOS.

 I did not have a regular release schedule in mind, but I think we can
 tag SeaBIOS in preparation for a qemu release.  Should critical qemu
 fixes be needed, they could be made on a stable branch.

 It's been some time since SeaBIOS was last tagged.  I've been meaning
 to create a tag, but a couple of things are outstanding that I think
 should be included: there is a known issue with ohci keyboard init
 (not qemu impacting), and Gerd's option rom changes.
Do you have an ETA for tagging?  My plan was to tag qemu 0.12.0 tonight 
but if you are planning tagging SeaBIOS in the next couple days, I can 
wait for that.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 06:02:16PM -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote:
  Do you have an ETA for tagging?  My plan was to tag
qemu 0.12.0 tonight  
 but if you are planning tagging SeaBIOS in the next couple days, I can  
 wait for that.
Is qemu 0.12.0 going to include the option rom via PCI bar support?
Via fw_cfg interface?

I can tag in the next couple of days in either case.  Not sure what
needs to be included though.

-Kevin