Re: Unsupported packages for Wheezy LTS

[Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>]

Hi,

On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 05:44:36PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> [ Many people are on copy, please trim the list as appropriate when you reply ]
> 
> On Wed, 19 Aug 2015, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> > These need to be discussed, since they will be a significant
> > time drain (e.g. are they in the sponsors's interests?). They
> > are supportable, but it will take a lot of work and sometimes
> > special domain knowledge:
> > 
> > icedove
> > iceweasel
> > qemu
> > qemu-kvm
> > xen
> > libvirt
> > ffmpeg -> libav
> > vlc
> > rails -> several split packages (only the 3.2 packages are supported in wheezy)
> 

For wheezy I think it would be possible to maintain libvirt. Especially
if we don't support all hypervisors in Wheezy. I could probably set
aside the extra time given enough advanced notice when the LTS team
takes over Wheezy.

Should we decide to support e.g. KVM via backports this would change the
picture since there are usually always changes needed for e.g. newer
qemu-kvm versions, some of them being very intrusive.

For qemu/qemu-kvm I'm not so sure given the large amount of dependencies
and code changes between versions. It would be great to hear what
Michael things about this.

Cheers,
 -- Guido