On 17/02/2023 12.37, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: ...
The long life enterprise distros are the pain point in unlocking the new of python features. So the proposal is that, at a minimum, we augment the current policy with words to the effect that:* For long life cycle distributions, QEMU will follow normal policy for platform level dependancies / native code. For Python modules, QEMU may choose to require a newer versions than are available from the distribution package manager.
Sounds reasonable to me. But I think we still should also add a sentence where we limit the total amount of time that we promise to support a long-term distro. Otherwise we'll also get problems with other way too backlevel native code dependencies at one point in time.
I just sent a patch for discussion, shortly before I noticed your mail here. Feel free to grab the ideas from there into your patch (if you're planning to send one), or let me know if I should try to include the Python-related sentences in mine.
Thomas
