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

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

On 19/10/16 17:37, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Emilio Pozuelo Monfort writes ("Re: Xen in stretch - 4.7 or 4.8 ?"):
>> On 19/10/16 16:54, Ian Jackson wrote:
>>> 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.
> 
> There are no changes between 4.7 and 4.8 that would upset any of the
> rdeps.  So, great, thanks.

What about between 4.6 and 4.[78]? As we currently have 4.6 in the archive.

>> 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?
> 
> I don't know how long it will take me.  But I work for Citrix as part
> of the Xen Project upstream, and this is currently my top priority.
> So I'm hoping to have something RSN, in a matter of (working) days.

Great! Let us know when you have more news, preferably in a transition bug :-)

Cheers,
Emilio