On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 02:46:53PM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote: > 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.
Oh sure, having something time related mention makes sense. > 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. I wasn't planning to imminently send a change. Especially now that both yourself an Paolo have proposed similar competing additions, lets just iterate on one of those 2 proposals. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|