Re: [CentOS-virt] ANNOUNCE: centos-release-xen switching to 4.8 next week
On 08/02/2018 03:58 AM, T.Weyergraf wrote: > Hi > > Thanks for providing updated Packages, they are much appreciated. At work, we > are currently running an entire production infrastructure on Xen4CentOS, > with quite some success. > > We are looking into a refresh towards CentOS 7 along with newer Xen and Dom0 > Kernel packages. However, even the updated packages are quite old. Xen > 4.8 is out of active support since June and will see the end of security > support in less than a year. https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Project_Release_Features says December 2019, so about a year and 4 months. > Likewise, a newer LTS kernel (4.14) exists for > quite some time, while the Xen4CentOS effort currently uses 4.9. The end support date for that is much sooner: January 2019. Based on https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html I'm not sure if it makes sense to move until a new LTS is available, as I suspect that will happen before 4.9 support ends. If you wanted to contribute an experimental 4.14 kernel it might be accepted. > Are there any short to mid-term plans to bump both versions to more current > ones (i.e.: 4.10 and 4.14)? Anthony's original email said "that update will come with a new package centos-release-xen-410 to install Xen 4.10." So yes on Xen. > As a side note, is there anything reasonable, people like me could to, to > support the speed-up of that process? I would consider testing to be > important, but are there any regression test-suites, one could use? I am > aware, there are such tests, but I have not found something to actually try > in our test-infrastructure. My understanding is that would be most welcome if you have anything to contribute. There are occasional meetings on freenode in #centos-devel for the virt-sig but you can also try the #centos-virt irc room. > Finally a big shout-out and kudos to the Xen community and Xen4CentOS. Your > work is used and much appreciated. +1, we haven't given back enough ourselves. --Sarah ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
Re: [CentOS-virt] ANNOUNCE: centos-release-xen switching to 4.8 next week
Hi Thanks for providing updated Packages, they are much appreciated. At work, we are currently running an entire production infrastructure on Xen4CentOS, with quite some success. We are looking into a refresh towards CentOS 7 along with newer Xen and Dom0 Kernel packages. However, even the updated packages are quite old. Xen 4.8 is out of active support since June and will see the end of security support in less than a year. Likewise, a newer LTS kernel (4.14) exists for quite some time, while the Xen4CentOS effort currently uses 4.9. Are there any short to mid-term plans to bump both versions to more current ones (i.e.: 4.10 and 4.14)? Currently, our update-tests are based on 4.10 candidate packages with kernel 4.9. Given the support timelines, I'd rather prefer 4.10 over 4.8. A change in Xen versions has been never successfully performed using live-migration between versions, so a reboot of more or less our entire infrastructure is required. Something you would not consider light-hearted. As a side note, is there anything reasonable, people like me could to, to support the speed-up of that process? I would consider testing to be important, but are there any regression test-suites, one could use? I am aware, there are such tests, but I have not found something to actually try in our test-infrastructure. Finally a big shout-out and kudos to the Xen community and Xen4CentOS. Your work is used and much appreciated. Regards, Thomas On 08/02/2018 12:32 PM, Anthony PERARD wrote: Greeting, We are about to update the centos-release-xen package to point to Xen 4.8 rather than 4.6. I'll push the update next week. As a reminder, you can "pin" your installation to Xen 4.6 by installing centos-release-xen-46 and then removing centos-release-xen. And for the more adventurous, that update will come with a new package centos-release-xen-410 to install Xen 4.10. (Testing will be updated today.) Cheers, ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
[CentOS-virt] ANNOUNCE: centos-release-xen switching to 4.8 next week
Greeting, We are about to update the centos-release-xen package to point to Xen 4.8 rather than 4.6. I'll push the update next week. As a reminder, you can "pin" your installation to Xen 4.6 by installing centos-release-xen-46 and then removing centos-release-xen. And for the more adventurous, that update will come with a new package centos-release-xen-410 to install Xen 4.10. (Testing will be updated today.) Cheers, -- Anthony PERARD ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
