Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.1.x security support

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 17.09.13 at 19:44, Joanna Rutkowska <joanna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>> wrote:
> And a somehow more general thought: what most people expect from
> baremetal hypervisors, I think, is stability. Unlike the Linux kernel,
> the Xen hypervisor does not need to support each and every device
> invented on the planet, each and every possible filesystem, or
> networking stack, etc. That's, in fact, (one of) the biggest advantage
> of a hypervisor over a monolithic kernel. So, why, oh why, such a race
> to keep bumping the major version over and over again?

In fact I'm the (so far apparently only) one trying to stop further
accelerating the release schedule from its original 9 month cycle.
I don't recall you having chimed in when the release schedule for
4.4 in particular and the shortening of the release cycle in general
was discussed on the mailing list. There were arguments in favor
of the shortening which I certainly appreciate.

As a side note - last we bumped the _major_ version was in Spring
2010, so over 3 years ago. But I guess by "major" you really
meant "minor", which corresponds to a major release (as opposed
to a stable one).

Jan


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