0.14 recap
- keeping schedule on wiki was helpful
- changelog was helpful
- testing (could even more emphasis could be improved)
- -rc cycles
- -rc2 and final release just hours
0.15
- tentative date July 1st
- qapi
- qed features
- virtagent?
- depends on whether to terminate in qemu vs external
- terminating w/in qemu is close to feature complete
- using QMP (kinda, QObject -> JSON marshalling, still use HTTP)
- QMP is not bi-directional XMLRPC, one way with event posting
- XMLRPC + server logic add to the basic QEMU side attack surface
- splitting out to external process
- state associated with guest in external process complicates live migration
- e.g. handling in-process command in server
- guest client reconnects during migration
- can virtagent features be stateless
- Avi's favorite Lua based extension language coming RSN ;)
- let's use copy and paste as a concrete example
- usecase to help define the requirements and expose
architectural
- Jes will do this, make concrete counter proposal to hosting
virtagent server in qemu
- splitting QEMU into more modular components is a large architectural
step, but better step
Block format acceptance
- qcow3 wiki starting
GSoC projects
- only 3 so far, mentoring organization applications Feb 28th
- can update app
- please add your thoughts here so that we can have a successful
- Luiz will send out a note as more explicit reminder
gpxe vs ipxe
- gpxe still stagnate
- ipxe accepting patches (e.g. igbvf)
- perhaps switch in 0.15 (Alex take a look)
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