Bug#454604: linux-2.6: Xen kernel packages for 2.6.22

[Ted Hilts <thilts33@telus.net>]

I am a new subscriber and have been following the BUGS. 

I also am very confused and upset with how Debian development and bug 
efforts regarding XEN seem to be avoided. I have followed XEN 
development and bugs since the onset and attempted in vain to create any 
interest in the debian-user list.  At the time ETCH was released I spoke 
to an individual in Xen development who was also concerned and he said 
he would pressure release people in Debian to make some kind of special 
allowance to add XEN into the ETCH distribution -- apparently he was 
successful but there appears to be little effort to go further (to 
incorporate changes and bugs) because of the way the release mechanism 
works for Debian releases.  So it appears -- until the next official 
Debian release -- there will be no more changes. 

There has to be a way to be a way of handling the situation for projects 
external to Debian but need to be part of Debian. I suggest possibly 
something like an unofficial release overlay such that these special 
releases get utilized into the distribution but have no official 
sanction -- which I think Ubuntu has essentially done. Ubuntu has 
sufficient independence from Debian that it can deal with these kind of 
issues it's own way.  Debian should also have that kind of flexibility 
but in a way that does not disrupt Debian releases. With all the 
brilliant Debian developers, maintainers, and people with experience I 
can not see how this kind of situation can persist.

Thanks -- Ted Hilts

Otavio Salvador wrote:
> Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> writes:
>
>   
> > * Brian Almeida:
> >
> >     
> > > I've been unable to find an official debian kernel which has
> > > Xen supporter after 2.6.18-5 (released with etch).  While I realize
> > > there were changes in later kernels that complicated the patches,
> > > Ubuntu has had Xen support for 2.6.22 for nearly 3 months (see
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/132726).
> > >
> > > Can you please integrate their Xen patchesets into the official Debian
> > > kernels?
> > >       
> > The XenSource upstream is sort-of defunct these days.  For some
> > background information, see:
> >
> > <https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2007-November/msg00106.html>
> > <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XenPvops>
> >     
>
> Indeed.
>
> Looks like XEN will have bad days until it's done for paravirt_ops
> then :-)
>
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