Re: Xen 4.4 development update -- RFC for feature freeze timeline

[Elena Ufimtseva <ufimtseva@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Dario Faggioli
<dario.faggioli@citrix.com> wrote:
> On gio, 2013-09-26 at 17:47 +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
>> Additional things which are likely to make it if we extend a month (18
>> Nov):
>>
>> * NUMA Memory migration
>>
> Yep, I confirm: 18 Nov => probable. 18 Oct => no way. :-(
>
>> * Per-vcpu NUMA affinity
>>
> This may make it by 18 Oct too. 18 Nov, I'm positive it'll be in.
>
>> * PV NUMA interface
>>
> It's worth wait for Elena to comment on this, but (as said on IRC) I'm
> quite sure there's no way this can make it by 18 Oct.

I agree, taking into account all other things on the plate.. Nov 18 is
a feasible date.

>
>> Other things that are a possibility if we slip a month but definitely
>> not if we stick with the original schedule:
>>
>> * qemu-xen stubdomains (either Linux or rump kernel / BSD libc)
>>
> Which would be something really cool to have on the release notes,
> especially the rump kernel variant. ;-P
>
>> Nonetheless, it does seem likely that delaying for a month may allow a
>> significant number of important features to get in.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
> +1 for delaying 1 month.
>
> I think it's probably worth to mention that we have LinuxConEU and
> XenSummit coming (and just had LinuxConNA), for which people need to
> prepare and attend, which would probably mean even less
> developing/reviewing time for getting stuff in by 18 Oct.
>
> Regards,
> Dario
>
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