[Pkg-xen-devel] Xen in stretch - 4.7 or 4.8 ?

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

On 19/10/16 16:54, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ian Jackson writes ("Xen in stretch - 4.7 or 4.8 ?"):
>> Hi.  I was wanting an initial opinion from the Release Team, about the
>> Xen packages.  Currently they are in bad shape in stretch and I intend
>> to fix them ASAP.
>>
>> The question is whether I should move to Xen 4.7, or Xen 4.8.
> 
> I just asked the Xen Project's Release Manager and their current best
> guess is that Xen 4.8.0 will be released in "early to mid November".
> 
> Sorry to hassle you, but I would appreciate an opinion so that I can
> get started on the integration work etc.

Assuming the rdeps are fine with Xen 4.8, then I'd be all for moving to it. Xen
is a security sensitive package and I think it'd be good to get the extra
security support from upstream. Note the transition freeze will start soon. Do
you have an idea of how long it may take to prepare for this?

Cheers,
Emilio