[SeaBIOS] [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/1] update qemu seabios / seabios release?
Kevin O'Connor
kevin at koconnor.net
Tue Aug 14 02:55:40 CEST 2012
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 08:42:11AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel at redhat.com> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > This pull updates seabios in qemu to the latest bits from seabios
> > master, so the upcoming 1.2 qemu release gets all the new shiny
> > stuff added recently. I'd like to have a new seabios release for
> > inclusion into qemu 1.2 which is planned for September 1st.
> >
> > So how about this plan:
> > - merge seabios snapshot now (this pull req), so it gets testing
> > in the qemu testing & release candidates phase
> > - put seabios into bugfixing freeze too (now or in a few days),
> > fix any issues poping up in testing.
> > - roll out seabios release by end of august, so it can be included
> > into qemu 1.2
>
> We really would need a SeaBIOS release by no later than August 21st to
> do this. The 1.2 release is on September 1st but we're in hard freeze
> starting on August 15th. I wouldn't want to make any changes later than
> the 21st.
I'm fine with tagging a release. However, I think testing coverage is
the biggest concern. If you want to do this, I suggest we pull the
current SeaBIOS snapshot now (as Gerd's plan calls for), and I'll
immediately start a bugfix only mode.
-Kevin
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