Re: Proposal to Extend Feature Freeze Deadline

[Henry Wang <xin.wang2@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Oleksii,

On 5/14/2024 11:43 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 14/05/2024 4:40 pm, Oleksii K. wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > We're observing fewer merged patches/series across several
> > architectures for the current 4.19 release in comparison to previous
> > release.
> >
> > For example:
> > 1. For Arm, significant features like Cache Coloring and PCI
> > Passthrough won't be fully merged. Thus, it would be beneficial to
> > commit at least the following two patch series:
> > [1]https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240511005611.83125-1-xin.wang2@xxxxxxx/
> >    
> > [2]https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240424033449.168398-1-xin.wang2@xxxxxxx/
> > 2. For RISC-V, having the following patch series [3], mostly reviewed
> > with only one blocker [4], would be advantageous (As far as I know,
> > Andrew is planning to update his patch series):
> > [3]https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1713347222.git.oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx/
> > [4]
> > https://patchew.org/Xen/20240313172716.2325427-1-andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > 3. For PPC, it would be beneficial to have [5] merged:
> > [5]
> > https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1712893887.git.sanastasio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > Extending the feature freeze deadline by one week, until May 24th,
> > would provide additional time for merges mentioned above. This, in
> > turn, would create space for more features and fixes for x86 and other
> > common elements. If we agree to extend the feature freeze deadline,
> > please feel free to outline what you would like to see in the 4.19
> > release. This will make it easier to track our final goals and
> > determine if they are realistically achievable.
> >
> > I'd like to open the floor for discussion on this proposal. Does it
> > make sense, and would it be useful?
> Considering how many people are blocked on me, I'd welcome a little bit
> longer to get the outstanding series/fixes to land.
It would be great if we can extend the deadline for a week, thank you! I 
will try my best to make progress of the two above-mentioned Arm series.
Kind regards,
Henry