Bug 719879 (libguestfs_rebase6.3)
| Summary: | Rebase libguestfs in RHEL 6.3 | ||||||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Reporter: | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones> | ||||
| Component: | libguestfs | Assignee: | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs> | ||||
| Severity: | unspecified | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | unspecified | ||||||
| Version: | 6.3 | CC: | acathrow, degts, grant_williamson, jzheng, leiwang, moli, qwan, walicki | ||||
| Target Milestone: | rc | Keywords: | Rebase | ||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||
| Hardware: | Unspecified | ||||||
| OS: | Unspecified | ||||||
| Whiteboard: | |||||||
| Fixed In Version: | libguestfs-1.16.19-1.el6 | Doc Type: | Rebase: Bug Fixes and Enhancements | ||||
| Doc Text: |
libguestfs has been rebased to a more recent upstream stable version. This new version has many new features and bug fixes, but remains backwards compatible with versions from earlier RHEL 6 releases.
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Story Points: | --- | ||||
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||||||
| Last Closed: | 2012-06-20 06:59:33 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||
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| Bug Depends On: | 719877, 731744, 734208, 751043 | ||||||
| Bug Blocks: | 627835, 647174, 729076, 731742, 741183, 747667, 757071, 760221, 760223, 760226, 785305, 785668 | ||||||
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New features in libguestfs 1.8 -> 1.14 (RHEL 6.2 -> RHEL 6.3)
ATTN QA:
This document summarises the new features that will be
added by this rebase.
+1 Preview packages are available: http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs-RHEL-6.3-preview/ Note these are not supported by Red Hat's official support channels. Read the README file before using them.
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
New Contents:
libguestfs has been rebased to a more recent upstream stable version. This new version has many new features and bug fixes, but remains backwards compatible with versions from earlier RHEL 6 releases.
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. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0774.html |
This bug is a placeholder. We should consider rebasing libguestfs in RHEL 6.3 to upstream stable version 1.12.x Background information: libguestfs version numbers: http://libguestfs.org/guestfs.3.html#libguestfs_version_numbers libguestfs ABI guarantee: http://libguestfs.org/guestfs.3.html#abi_guarantee The case for rebasing: In RHEL 6.1/6.2 we ship libguestfs 1.7.17 + about 80 patches on top. These patches effectively bring libguestfs up to (approximately) upstream stable version 1.8.1. There are about 100 *more* commits along the 1.8.x stable branch that we should probably include, which would mean we are shipping a total of nearly 200 patches (once you also include patches for other bug fixes and enhancements). It would make a lot more sense therefore to rebase, and if we're going to rebase then we might as well go all the way up to libguestfs 1.12.x since there are so many extra features, and since we guarantee ABI stability upstream. Some reasons NOT to rebase: - Rebasing requires us to rebase febootstrap also (see bug 719877). This rebase is going to be quite complex. - The OCaml language binding has changed in a non-compatible way, although IIRC this binding is in the Optional repo. Note that language bindings aren't covered by the upstream ABI guarantee. - As usual there is a risk of regressions.