[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#536175: Bug#536175: Bug#536176: xen-utils-3.4: trying xen-3.4 once breaks xen-3.2 (?)

[Bastian Blank]

On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 09:30:05PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> Bastian Blank wrote:
> > I refuse to maintain the security-hog called qemu for the next stable
> > release, so it can only come from a different source package.
> What's your suggestion? What source package? Could the "normal" package
> "qemu" be used for the job, or is there too many patches?

It should be built from the qemu source package eventually, but for now
its impossible due to the patches.

>                                                           Should a
> different source package be built out of the the xen-3.4.0.tar.gz just
> for qemu?

This should be a possible solution for now.

> While I understand that you don't want to maintain it (and you are
> giving a good reason for it), a big number of users will still need HVM
> support in Xen, and wont understand why Debian doesn't do it.

Sure, but I don't even have a machine were I can test this. My only
machine with VMX is my notebook, which does not work with current Xen.

>                                                               A solution
> has to be found, and it's unclear what you are suggesting here.

Sure. But I'm currently seeing a change in the attitude of the user
crowd. Bugs exists always, but I only started to get insulted by bug
reporters because I do things different then they think it should be
done.

Bastian

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