Re: [ANNOUNCE] Xen 4.15 - release status, branching tomorrow

[Ian Jackson <iwj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jan Beulich writes ("Re: [ANNOUNCE] Xen 4.15 - release status, branching 
tomorrow"):
> On 23.03.2021 16:17, Ian Jackson wrote:
> >   I think it may be time to reconcile ourselves to not fixing this,
> >   and deciding on a suitable plan B.  Do we need to put something in
> >   the release notes, or SUPPORT.md, or implement a mitigation of some
> >   kind ?
> 
> One option of course is, like was just done for 4.13.3, to revert.
> Iirc Andrew had some thoughts towards making the new piece of code
> conditional upon the original issue actually hitting.

I would be very happy to consider a revert it someone would give me
references and explain to me the implications in words of one
syllable.

> Another
> (somewhat similar) option might be to hide the new piece of code
> behind a default-off command line option.

Likewise.

Sorry to be vague but I feel quite ignorant here!

Ian.