Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.8 Development Update

[Daniel Kiper <dkiper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 02:48:30PM +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> This email only tracks big items for xen.git tree. Please reply for items you
> woulk like to see in 4.8 so that people have an idea what is going on and
> prioritise accordingly.
>
> You're welcome to provide description and use cases of the feature you're
> working on.
>
> = Timeline =
>
> We now adopt a fixed cut-off date scheme. We will release twice a
> year. The upcoming 4.8 timeline are as followed:
>
> * Last posting date: September 16, 2016
> * Hard code freeze: September 30, 2016
> * RC1: TBD
> * Release: December 2, 2016
>
> Note that we don't have freeze exception scheme anymore. All patches
> that wish to go into 4.8 must be posted no later than the last posting
> date. All patches posted after that date will be automatically queued
> into next release.
>
> RCs will be arranged immediately after freeze.
>
> = Projects =
>
> == Hypervisor ==
>
> *  Make credit2 default scheduler for Xen
>   -  Dario Faggioli

Please add:
  *  Boot Xen on EFI platforms using GRUB2 (multiboot2 protocol)
    -  Daniel Kiper

BTW, I am going to release v4 next week.

Daniel

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