On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 12:28:46PM -0400, John Ferlan wrote: > > > On 04/03/2018 10:56 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > Describe how we decide which host platforms to support for libvirt, > > which in turn makes it easier to decide when a platform / software > > version can be dropped. > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > docs/index.html.in | 2 +- > > docs/platforms.html.in | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > create mode 100644 docs/platforms.html.in > > > > diff --git a/docs/index.html.in b/docs/index.html.in > > index 1b3a7a3db6..4783c39e3c 100644 > > --- a/docs/index.html.in > > +++ b/docs/index.html.in > > @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ > > The libvirt project: > > </p> > > <ul> > > - <li>is a toolkit to manage virtualization hosts</li> > > + <li>is a toolkit to manage <a href="platforms.html.in">virtualization platforms</a></li> > > <li>is accessible from C, Python, Perl, Java and more</li> > > <li>is licensed under open source licenses</li> > > <li>supports <a href="drvqemu.html">KVM</a>, > > diff --git a/docs/platforms.html.in b/docs/platforms.html.in > > new file mode 100644 > > index 0000000000..859b482428 > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/docs/platforms.html.in > > @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ > > +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > +<!DOCTYPE html> > > +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> > > + <body> > > + <h1>Supported host platforms</h1> > > + > > + <ul id="toc"></ul> > > + > > + <h2>Build targets</h2> > > +> + <p> > > + Libvirt drivers aim to support building and executing on multiple > > + host OS platforms. This document outlines which platforms are the > > + major build targets. These platforms are used as the basis for deciding > > + upon the minimum required versions of 3rd party software libvirt depends > > + on. If a platform is no listed here, it does not imply that libvirt > > + won't work. If an unlisted platform has comparable software versions > > + to a listed platform, there is every expectation that it will work. > > + Bug reports are welcome for problems encountered on unlisted platforms > > + unless they are clearly older vintage that what is described here. > > + </p> > > + > > + <h3>Linux OS</h3> > > + > > + <p> > > + For distributions with frequent, short-lifetime releases (Fedora, > > + Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, etc), the project will aim to support all versions > > + that are not end of life by their respective vendors. > > + </p> > > + > > + <p> > > + For distributions with long-lifetime releases (RHEL, Ubuntu LTS, > > + SLES, etc), the project will aim to support the most recent major > > + version at all times. Support for the previous major version will > > + be dropped 2 years after the new major version is released. > > + </p> > > + > > + <h3>Windows</h3> > > + > > + <p> > > + The project supports building with current versions of the MinGW > > + toolchain, hosted on Linux. > > + </p> > > + > > + <h3>OS-X</h3> > > + > > + <p> > > + The project supports building with the current version of OS-X, > > + with the current homebrew package set available. > > + </p> > > + > > + <h3>FreeBSD</h3> > > + > > + <p> > > + The project will aim to support the most recent major version > > + at all times. Support for the previous major version will > > + be dropped 2 years after the new major version is released. > > + </p> > > + > > Could we add some sort of table where we could keep track of "known" and > supported OS versions, what libvirt version was used, what QEMU version > was used? > > <table class="top_table"> > <tr> > <th> OS Release </th> > <th> QEMU Version </th> > <th> libvirt Version </th> > </tr> > </table> > > I'm sure Red Hat folks could easily list the Fedora, RHEL, and CentOS > versions... Probably need a few others to provide feedback on their > particular host platform of choice. > > Once created it is a periodic maintenance task. Sure, we can do that - i wonder if it would be better served by a wiki page though ? I vaguely recall that there's a web site somewhere that actually lists software versions in various distros, but can't remember what it is now :-( Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :| -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
