Hello, I actively use the qemu-kvm and libvirt virtualization stack on the latest Ubuntu server LTS release in a number of production systems. This virtualization stack is stable, mature, and provides a great base on which to host VMs. However, it seems that these packages are not updated once an LTS is released, aside from security updates. I know that this is due to the Ubuntu SRU (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates), however some major bugs have been found that I think satisfy one of the "When" conditions. For example, I discovered a bug that would cause the on-disk XML for a VM defined by libvirt to not be updated when a snapshot is taken: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-users/2015-April/msg00078.html
The result would be that if the host is rebooted or the VM is shutdown, the next time it starts up, it would use the previous snapshot, thus either failing to start or invalidating the data on the current snapshot. I believe this satisfies the "Bugs which may, under realistic circumstances, directly cause a loss of user data" bullet point on the SRU page. I would really like to run a stable virtualization system on top of the latest LTS, but it is hard when new stable releases are not available. Would it be possible for Ubuntu to actively support backporting the stable virtualization stack, e.g in a PPA? I see that the Ubuntu Virtualization Team exists on Launchpad, but does not appear to be active: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-virt/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Thanks, Andrew Martin -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
