From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Juergen Gross Subject: Re: Xen release cycle revisited Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 19:32:55 +0100 Message-ID: References: <63cf216a-71af-bd35-55e7-88c69b773e52@suse.com> <55a31b83-a691-90e5-1a3e-a7532a49e30a@linaro.org> <07c2bf19-2ad0-248f-70cb-72896a26c1e3@suse.com> <1fa43c4a-6aeb-321e-2819-30d3b1e4257e@linaro.org> <17ee8ef0-f061-6bad-1530-c270c55dc5b2@suse.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from us1-rack-dfw2.inumbo.com ([104.130.134.6]) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eR0Dl-0000du-B4 for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Mon, 18 Dec 2017 18:33:01 +0000 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Julien Grall , George Dunlap Cc: xen-devel , "committers@xenproject.org" , Lars Kurth List-Id: 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