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10.09.2012 05:55, Doug Goldstein wrote: |
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> Hey all, |
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> |
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> Just an announcement that app-emulation/qemu-kvm will be pkgmove'd to |
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> app-emulation/qemu at some point this week. The app-emulation/qemu |
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> ebuilds will effectively die and be replaced by the |
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> app-emulation/qemu-kvm ebuilds. I've brought this up before and there |
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> was a bunch of rabble about "keep our pristine qemu ebuilds!!!". The |
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> fact of the matter is that the app-emulation/qemu just isn't getting |
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> the same maintenance care that app-emulation/qemu-kvm is. I've really |
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> only got the bandwidth to handle one at a time. Additionally this will |
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> bring us inline with a few other distros use of qemu as they're really |
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> building their binaries from qemu-kvm. |
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> |
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> For those that want pure qemu builds, I recommend creating an overlay |
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> and replacing the URL. The ebuilds will otherwise aim to be 100% |
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> compatible. |
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> |
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It seems that qemu-kvm will be merged into main qemu source tree(i have |
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heard that fact... do not really remember where :-D), so your decision |
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maybe concerned as preparations for this merge. I am strongly agreed |
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with it. |
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