Bug 1471291

I have been working lately on dropping the current downstream repository -qemu-ga-win - we have for building qemu-ga for Windows and replacing it with the new mingw-qemu-ga-win repository. The new repository is based on qemu-2.9.0 and is built using mingw as it is the case in upstream. The qemu-ga-win is configured to be built using Visual Studio instead, this makes it much harder to keep in track of upstream changes and patches.

This migration process is essential for us to keep our upstream first policy and makes it easier for us to keep up with upstream qemu ga changes.

The new mingw-qemu-ga-win repository is ready and soon we'll drop the old qemu-ga-win repository in favour of the mingw-qemu-ga-win. I'll update this BZ when this happens.

(In reply to Sameeh Jubran from comment #3)
> I have been working lately on dropping the current downstream repository
> -qemu-ga-win - we have for building qemu-ga for Windows and replacing it
> with the new mingw-qemu-ga-win repository. The new repository is based on
> qemu-2.9.0 and is built using mingw as it is the case in upstream. The
> qemu-ga-win is configured to be built using Visual Studio instead, this
> makes it much harder to keep in track of upstream changes and patches.
> 
> This migration process is essential for us to keep our upstream first policy
> and makes it easier for us to keep up with upstream qemu ga changes.
> 
> The new mingw-qemu-ga-win repository is ready and soon we'll drop the old
> qemu-ga-win repository in favour of the mingw-qemu-ga-win. I'll update this
> BZ when this happens.

Sameeh, do you have any updates yet?

Hi developers,

Which qemu-ga-win commands will be supported in this new rebased version? Or any update compared with last released version?

QE want to make test plan for rhel.7.5 project recently.Could you give some advice?

Thanks,
xiaoling

(In reply to xiagao from comment #5)
> Hi developers,
> 
> Which qemu-ga-win commands will be supported in this new rebased version? Or
> any update compared with last released version?
> 
> QE want to make test plan for rhel.7.5 project recently.Could you give some
> advice?
> 
> Thanks,
> xiaoling

(In reply to xiagao from comment #6)
> (In reply to xiagao from comment #5)
> > Hi developers,
> > 
> > Which qemu-ga-win commands will be supported in this new rebased version? Or
> > any update compared with last released version?
As you can see in the commit history for the 2.9.0 branch no new commands were merged so I think it should remain as it is.
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commits/stable-2.9/qga
> > 
> > QE want to make test plan for rhel.7.5 project recently.Could you give some
> > advice?

Sure

The Black Box testing for qemu-ga can be automated easily as the commands are provided in JSON format. You can write different test scenarios that test the 
behaviour of the commands, I'd advise you to take a look at this page as it explains in great detail some key features in the qemu-ga:
https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/GuestAgent

In case this answer is not sufficient please do write me for further inquiries that you have.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > xiaoling

Hi, can you confirm this please?

(In reply to Sameeh Jubran from comment #12)
> Hi, can you confirm this please?

Please ignore this, wrong BZ =)

Build 2.9.5 of mingw-qemu-ga-win is now available on brew with the missing change-log included:
https://brewweb.engineering.redhat.com/brew/buildinfo?buildID=632383

Change status to verified as no regression issue found

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0657