Re: [Xen-devel] xen-stable vs. xen-testing

[Mark Williamson <maw48@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> a) how stable is "testing" really?

Should be pretty good, on average.  It's just smallish updates & fixes to the 
stable 2.0 tree.  Nothing controversial is likely to go in there.

> b) can I just build new kernels from the -testing tree or should I build
> the Xen VMM as well?

The plan is that interfaces will not change for the whole 2.x series, so I 
think it should work without rebuilding Xen.  Of course, the Xen in -testing 
will contain some fixes + features itself... ;-)

> d) I realize that Xen is really still R&D for the most part, but how do
> the Xen team feel about security issues like this?

Security of Xen itself and the XenLinux patch are extremely important to us.  
Ensuring that people can use an up-to-date mainline kernel (which may 
incorporate security fixes) is also quite a high priority.

The actual patches to fix generic Linux vulnerabilities are left to mainline 
developers or distributors, however.

Cheers,
Mark


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