[libvirt] [PATCH] docs: add page describing goals for host platform version support

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 05:23:21PM +0200, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 03:56:11PM +0100, 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 at redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  docs/index.html.in     |  2 +-
> >  docs/platforms.html.in | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >  create mode 100644 docs/platforms.html.in
> > 

> > +    <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>
> > +
> > +    <h2>Virtualization platforms</h2>
> > +
> > +    <p>
> > +      For hypervisor drivers which execute locally (QEMU, LXC, VZ,
> 
> s/ VZ,// or s/VZ/OpenVZ/ ?

Not sure I see why you want that ?   The modern VZ driver is run locally
in libvirtd, the same as QEMU, LXC, etc. 

> 
> > +      libxl, etc), the set of supported operating system platforms
> > +      listed above will inform choices as to the minimum required
> > +      versions of 3rd party libraries and hypervisor management APIs.
> > +      If a hypervisor is not commonly shipped directly by any distro
> > +      listed above, (VMWare ESX, HyperV, VZ), the project aims to
> > +      support versions upto 5 years, or until the vendor discontinues
> > +      support, whichever comes first.
> > +    </p>
> > +
> > +  </body>
> > +</html>
> > -- 
> > 2.14.3
> 
> Reviewed-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina at redhat.com>



Regards,
Daniel
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