0.13 schedule - RSN - rc1 uploaded, tagged in git (and tag should actually be there now) - announcement once it propagates - 0.13.0 should be 1 week after rc1 announcement - please check rc1 for any missing critical patches qed - concession that qcow2 is complicated and hard to get right - it's much more efficient than qcow2 - not had data integrity testing, but simple enough design to rationalize the format and meta-data updates - formal spec planned...documented on wiki http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/QED - design doc written first, code written to design doc - defragmentation supportable and important (not done now) - defragmented image should be as fast as raw - concern about splitting install base (doubles qa effort, etc) - should be possible to do an in-place qcow2->qed update - even live update could be doable - what about vmdk or vhd? - controlled externally - specification license implications are unclear - too close to NIH? - qed and async model could put pressure to improve other formats and push code out of qed to core - another interest for qed...streaming images (fault in image extents via network) - want to design this as starting from mgmt interface discussion -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
