[PATCH 0/2] docs: build-platforms: Fix and clarify

[PATCH 0/2] docs: build-platforms: Fix and clarify

[Andrea Bolognani]

Andrea Bolognani (2):
  docs: build-platforms: Fix spelling for Homebrew
  docs: build-platforms: Clarify stance on minor releases and backports

 docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

-- 
2.35.1

[PATCH 1/2] docs: build-platforms: Fix spelling for Homebrew

[Andrea Bolognani]

Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
---
 docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
index c29a4b8fe6..e9163ba556 100644
--- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
+++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Ubuntu LTS. Other distros will be assumed to ship similar software versions.
 For FreeBSD and OpenBSD, decisions will be made based on the contents of the
 respective ports repository, while NetBSD will use the pkgsrc repository.
 
-For macOS, `HomeBrew`_ will be used, although `MacPorts`_ is expected to carry
+For macOS, `Homebrew`_ will be used, although `MacPorts`_ is expected to carry
 similar versions.
 
 Windows
@@ -92,6 +92,6 @@ hosted on Linux (Debian/Fedora).
 The version of the Windows API that's currently targeted is Vista / Server
 2008.
 
-.. _HomeBrew: https://brew.sh/
+.. _Homebrew: https://brew.sh/
 .. _MacPorts: https://www.macports.org/
 .. _Repology: https://repology.org/
-- 
2.35.1

[PATCH 2/2] docs: build-platforms: Clarify stance on minor releases and backports

[Andrea Bolognani]

These changes match those made in the following libvirt commits:

  2ac78307af docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages
  78cffd450a docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases

Since QEMU's platform support policy is based on libvirt's, it
makes sense to mirror these recent changes made to the latter.

The policy is not altered significantly - we're simply spelling
out some rules that were likely already being implicitly
enforced.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
---
 docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
index e9163ba556..dce6557bd4 100644
--- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
+++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times. Support
 for the previous major version will be dropped 2 years after the new major
 version is released or when the vendor itself drops support, whichever comes
 first. In this context, third-party efforts to extend the lifetime of a distro
-are not considered, even when they are endorsed by the vendor (eg. Debian LTS).
+are not considered, even when they are endorsed by the vendor (eg. Debian LTS);
+the same is true of repositories that contain packages backported from later
+releases (e.g. Debian backports). Within each major release, only the most
+recent minor release is considered.
 
 For the purposes of identifying supported software versions available on Linux,
 the project will look at CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, RHEL, SLES and
-- 
2.35.1

Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: build-platforms: Fix spelling for Homebrew

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 06:03:10PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


With regards,
Daniel
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Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs: build-platforms: Clarify stance on minor releases and backports

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 06:03:11PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> These changes match those made in the following libvirt commits:
> 
>   2ac78307af docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages
>   78cffd450a docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases
> 
> Since QEMU's platform support policy is based on libvirt's, it
> makes sense to mirror these recent changes made to the latter.
> 
> The policy is not altered significantly - we're simply spelling
> out some rules that were likely already being implicitly
> enforced.

Indeed, I think that's basically defacto the case already.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


With regards,
Daniel
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Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs: build-platforms: Clarify stance on minor releases and backports

[Andrea Bolognani]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:15:08PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 06:03:11PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > These changes match those made in the following libvirt commits:
> >
> >   2ac78307af docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages
> >   78cffd450a docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases
> >
> > Since QEMU's platform support policy is based on libvirt's, it
> > makes sense to mirror these recent changes made to the latter.
> >
> > The policy is not altered significantly - we're simply spelling
> > out some rules that were likely already being implicitly
> > enforced.
>
> Indeed, I think that's basically defacto the case already.
>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>

Thanks! Are you going to bring these in through one of your trees, or
do I need to bug someone else so that they will pick them up? :)

-- 
Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization

Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs: build-platforms: Clarify stance on minor releases and backports

[Andrea Bolognani]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 09:18:47AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:15:08PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 06:03:11PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > > These changes match those made in the following libvirt commits:
> > >
> > >   2ac78307af docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages
> > >   78cffd450a docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases
> > >
> > > Since QEMU's platform support policy is based on libvirt's, it
> > > makes sense to mirror these recent changes made to the latter.
> > >
> > > The policy is not altered significantly - we're simply spelling
> > > out some rules that were likely already being implicitly
> > > enforced.
> >
> > Indeed, I think that's basically defacto the case already.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
>
> Thanks! Are you going to bring these in through one of your trees, or
> do I need to bug someone else so that they will pick them up? :)

I see these haven't gone in yet. Anything I can/should do to make
that happen?

Note that 1/2 is no longer applicable, since 4a89bf188a31 has already
fixed the issue in the meantime.

-- 
Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization

Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs: build-platforms: Clarify stance on minor releases and backports

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 01:01:03AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 09:18:47AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:15:08PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 06:03:11PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > > > These changes match those made in the following libvirt commits:
> > > >
> > > >   2ac78307af docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages
> > > >   78cffd450a docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases
> > > >
> > > > Since QEMU's platform support policy is based on libvirt's, it
> > > > makes sense to mirror these recent changes made to the latter.
> > > >
> > > > The policy is not altered significantly - we're simply spelling
> > > > out some rules that were likely already being implicitly
> > > > enforced.
> > >
> > > Indeed, I think that's basically defacto the case already.
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> >
> > Thanks! Are you going to bring these in through one of your trees, or
> > do I need to bug someone else so that they will pick them up? :)
> 
> I see these haven't gone in yet. Anything I can/should do to make
> that happen?

The tragedy of QEMU not having a central docs maintainer. I'll queue
this one for my next pull request.

With regards,
Daniel
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Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs: build-platforms: Clarify stance on minor releases and backports

[Andrea Bolognani]

On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 09:23:28AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 01:01:03AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 09:18:47AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:15:08PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 06:03:11PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > > > > These changes match those made in the following libvirt commits:
> > > > >
> > > > >   2ac78307af docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages
> > > > >   78cffd450a docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases
> > > > >
> > > > > Since QEMU's platform support policy is based on libvirt's, it
> > > > > makes sense to mirror these recent changes made to the latter.
> > > > >
> > > > > The policy is not altered significantly - we're simply spelling
> > > > > out some rules that were likely already being implicitly
> > > > > enforced.
> > > >
> > > > Indeed, I think that's basically defacto the case already.
> > > >
> > > > Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> > >
> > > Thanks! Are you going to bring these in through one of your trees, or
> > > do I need to bug someone else so that they will pick them up? :)
> >
> > I see these haven't gone in yet. Anything I can/should do to make
> > that happen?
>
> The tragedy of QEMU not having a central docs maintainer. I'll queue
> this one for my next pull request.

Still doesn't seem to have been merged. Not pressuring you or
anything, just making sure it doesn't slip through the cracks :)

-- 
Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization

Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs: build-platforms: Clarify stance on minor releases and backports

[Andrea Bolognani]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 06:42:58AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 09:23:28AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 01:01:03AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 09:18:47AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:15:08PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 06:03:11PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > > > > > These changes match those made in the following libvirt commits:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >   2ac78307af docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages
> > > > > >   78cffd450a docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Since QEMU's platform support policy is based on libvirt's, it
> > > > > > makes sense to mirror these recent changes made to the latter.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The policy is not altered significantly - we're simply spelling
> > > > > > out some rules that were likely already being implicitly
> > > > > > enforced.
> > > > >
> > > > > Indeed, I think that's basically defacto the case already.
> > > > >
> > > > > Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> > > >
> > > > Thanks! Are you going to bring these in through one of your trees, or
> > > > do I need to bug someone else so that they will pick them up? :)
> > >
> > > I see these haven't gone in yet. Anything I can/should do to make
> > > that happen?
> >
> > The tragedy of QEMU not having a central docs maintainer. I'll queue
> > this one for my next pull request.
>
> Still doesn't seem to have been merged. Not pressuring you or
> anything, just making sure it doesn't slip through the cracks :)

I'm still not seeing this in the tree. I figure with 7.1 coming up
you might be preparing a pull request at some point in the near
future so I though I'd ping again :)

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