From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Cooper Subject: Re: Xen 4.5 development update (July update) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 09:32:35 +0100 Message-ID: <53CF7323.8070401@citrix.com> References: <20140723002823.3F7C4BD884@laptop.dumpdata.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail6.bemta14.messagelabs.com ([193.109.254.103]) by lists.xen.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1X9rzb-0006PV-SS for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 08:33:44 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20140723002823.3F7C4BD884@laptop.dumpdata.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: konrad.wilk@oracle.com, julien.grall@linaro.org, avanzini.arianna@gmail.com, roy.franz@linaro.org, parth.dixit@linaro.org, vijay.kilari@gmail.com, Vijaya.Kumar@caviumnetworks.com, yjhyun.yoo@samsung.com, andrii.tseglytskyi@globallogic.com, Ian.Campbell@citrix.com, talex5@gmail.com, stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com, david.vrabel@citrix.com, yanghy@cn.fujitsu.com, mukesh.rathor@oracle.com, daniel.kiper@oracle.com, dario.faggioli@citrix.com, malcolm.crossley@citrix.com, yang.z.zhang@intel.com, dslutz@verizon.com, boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com, dongxiao.xu@intel.com, shantong.kang@intel.com, bob.liu@oracle.com, aravindp@cisco.com, JBeulich@suse.com, ross.lagerwall@citrix.com, josh.whitehead@dornerworks.com, robert.vanvossen@dornerworks.com, Paul.Skentzos@dornerworks.com, Steve.VanderLeest@dornerworks.com, mengxu@cis.upenn.edu, rcojocaru@bitdefender.com, ufimtseva List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On 23/07/2014 01:28, konrad.wilk@oracle.com wrote: > Below is a summary of the projects / features being worked on for the 4.5 > time frame. The tentative feature freeze is scheduled for September 10th, > which is two months away. This being the summer some folks are talking > vacation, so those two months might be a lot less. > > The "prognosis" is now the likelihood of completion in the 4.5 timeframe. > A bunch of items had moved to the completed phase which is fantastic. > > However we still have some that are important but the code hadn't yet > been posted which is worrisome. I've also moved some to Xen 4.6 after > talking with folks privately. > > none - nothing yet > fair - still working on it, patches are prototypes or RFC > ok - patches posted, acting on review > good - some last minute pieces > done - all done, might have bugs > > For items involving code hosted on the Xen.org site (including qemu-xen), > that means a likelihood of having the feature code-complete and mostly > working by the feature freeze. (It's OK if there are still bugs to be > worked out.) For items in Linux, it would mean having items on track > to make it into the kernel released just after the scheduled 4.5 time frame. > > In terms of libvirt it has monthly releases. As such not going to track > every release - but closer to when RCs are out. > > = Timeline = > > We are planning on a 9-month release cycle. Based on that, below are > our estimated dates: > > * Coding time: <=== NOW, two months left! > > * Feature Freeze: 10th September 2014 > * First RC: 10th October > * Release: 10th December 2014 > > The RCs and release will of course depend on stability and bugs, and > will therefore be fairly unpredictable. The feature freeze may be > slipped for especially important features which are near completion. > > = Prognosis = > > The states are: none -> fair -> ok -> good -> done > > none - nothing yet > fair - still working on it, patches are prototypes or RFC > ok - patches posted, acting on review > good - some last minute pieces > done - all done, might have bugs > > > = Open = > > > > == x86 == > > * New Migration (v2). (ok) > v6 posted > libxl is next > tmem & remus need work > - Andrew Cooper & David Vrabel remus should be removed from this section as it now has its own section below. I think the libxl work should also be split out, which is currently 'none'. The libxc work is 'ok' going on 'good' (but still probably on the ok side). ~Andrew