[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#1089033: Bug#1089033: xen: Please package xen version 4.19

[Marek Marczykowski-Górecki]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 12:06:00PM +0800, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Wed 04 Dec 2024 at 10:56am -03, Santiago Ruano Rincón wrote:
> 
> > Source: xen
> > Severity: normal
> > User: debian-lts at lists.debian.org
> > Usertags: upstream-trixie
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-lts at lists.debian.org
> >
> > Dear xen maintainers,
> >
> > Testing (trixie) currently ships xen 4.17, which, according to the
> > upstream support matrix [x], will get security support until 2025-12-12.
> > The latest upstream release (4.19) will get security support until
> > 2027-07-29. I believe it would be easier to provide security updates for
> > trixie users if 4.19 is packaged in testing.
> >
> > If you need or want help packaging this new upstream version, please
> > don't hesitate to speak up. Someone from the LTS team, may be interested
> > in contributing (CC'ing debian-lts).
> 
> As I'm familiar with the git-debrebase workflow that Xen uses in Debian,
> I might be well-placed to help; on the other hand, I'm less experienced
> with packages that require special booting arrangements to test they are
> working.

I'm not sure about the official plans or the current state, but
exploring salsa one can find a WIP branch with 4.19:
https://salsa.debian.org/xen-team/debian-xen/-/commits/myx/wip/experimental/?ref_type=heads

-- 
Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
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