Re: [Qemu-devel] please release qemu version 1.7.1

[Andreas Färber]

Anthony,

Am 25.03.2014 15:16, schrieb Anthony Liguori:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Michael Roth <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Quoting Stefan Hajnoczi (2014-03-25 07:38:38)
>>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 10:59:42PM +0100, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>>>> On 03/24/14 22:50, Andreas Färber wrote:
>>>>> Laszlo,
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 24.03.2014 20:23, schrieb Laszlo Ersek:
>>>>>> http://wiki.qemu.org/Planning/1.7
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>> Laszlo
>>>>>
>>>>> Since you're not addressing anyone in particular who could create the
>>>>> release for you, the tag already exists on Michael's branch:
>>>>> https://github.com/mdroth/qemu/commits/v1.7.1
>>>>>
>>>>> And you can use scripts/make-release as an interim solution for creating
>>>>> the tarball from it.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you. However, I don't need the release for myself. I'd like to
>>>> submit an OVMF patch (ACPI table download). That patch causes an OVMF
>>>> regression when running on v1.7.0, but works on v1.7.1 (and of course on
>>>> 2.0.0-rc0). I'd like the tarball to be available to users; both to
>>>> people who download it from the upstream location, and to those who use
>>>> 1.7.x-based distro (eg. Debian) packages.
>>>>
>>>> In my OVMF patch I'd like to reference the v1.7.1 qemu release.
>>>>
>>>> (Side note, the patch is also fine on v1.6.x and earlier.)
>>>>
>>>>> If you do, you might be interested in:
>>>>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/331939/
>>>>>
>>>>> What's missing is someone who can upload the tarball and edit all
>>>>> relevant Wiki pages. And someone to push branch and tag to qemu.git.
>>>>
>>>> "Can" as in "is willing", or as in "is permitted"?
>>>>
>>>> I didn't know whom to address specifically.
>>>
>>> Anthony is doing releases and is the right person to poke.
>>>
>>> I think all that's left is publishing the tarball and posting the
>>> release announcement.
>>
>> Yes, Anthony was tied up around release time and I was subsequently out for
>> a couple weeks due to a family emergency so didn't have a chance to follow-up
>> till late last week. I'll do the announce as soon as we get the tarball
>> uploaded. I'm still used to being able to walk next door, need to coordinate
>> in advance a bit better next time.
> 
> It's ready to go.

It seems you've ignored the reference to the make-release fix above?
Please apply and use for v2.0.0-rc1 (which we're also waiting for).

Thanks,
Andreas

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