[Spice-devel] Regarding next Spice drivers release

[Victor Toso]

Hi,

On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 10:28:24AM -0500, Carlos González wrote:
> Can I just update distro's spice-server package in order to test?
> Or do I need to also somewhat fix/reinstall the Win10 VM?

After having the host (OS that is runs qemu) with the right
spice-server, you need to shutdown that VM (so qemu will exit)
and run it again (which should use the new library)

Cheers,

> 
> El mié., 19 sept. 2018 a las 1:39, Victor Toso (<victortoso at redhat.com>)
> escribió:
> 
> > Hi again,
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 08:33:35AM +0200, Victor Toso wrote:
> > > Hi Carlos,
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 09:57:55AM -0500, Carlos González wrote:
> > > > Thanks very much mr Toso, yet again.
> > > >
> > > > ... maybe I still need to learn how to read stuff at gitlab?
> > > > The 0.14.1 tag https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/tags/v0.14.1
> > says
> > > > "no release notes" nor has any downloads, and the "main" commitment
> > > >
> > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/commit/eaa07ef15cfc3bf57a69da2576af66f028787774
> > > > doesn't mention the "avoid invalid flag" commit.
> > >
> > > We might have missed it. There was about 300 commits in this
> > > release!
> > >
> > > > Again, I apologize if I'm sounding hasty; the point is, I've been a bit
> > > > anxious to test the fix and report back here. But in order to do so one
> > > > needs for distributions to update the respective spice-server packages
> > (in
> > > > my case I use openSUSE and Proxmox). Even so, as far as I just
> > learned, I
> >
> > There is a build for Fedora rawhide that you might be able to use
> > but I haven't tested.
> >
> >     https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=1138474
> >
> > > > think main distros usually don't backport *all* of released patches
> > and bug
> > > > fixes, only priority ones. And only from "releases", not
> > "pre-releases". In
> > > > a more special case, if one wants a specific fix to be backported, one
> > > > needs to file a bug report at the corresponding bugzilla, but they
> > request
> > > > absolute proof of the bug existence and fix in order to be taken in
> > account.
> > > >
> > > > Now, if it turns that 0.14.1 is still a "pre-release", there's still
> > way to
> > > > the release point, and I'm being hasty, sorry again.
> > >
> > > It is a stable release. I'll upload the tarball to the gitlab's
> > > tag shortly but the official download path that is target to
> > > distro's should be
> > >
> > >     https://spice-space.org/download/releases/spice-server/
> > >
> > > Spice 0.14.1 and its signature:
> > >
> > >
> > https://spice-space.org/download/releases/spice-server/spice-0.14.1.tar.bz2
> > >
> > >
> > https://spice-space.org/download/releases/spice-server/spice-0.14.1.tar.bz2.sign
> > >
> > > And release notes you have linked above.
> > >
> > > > Also, no one has been able to confirm mr Yuri's inquiry yet 3
> > > > posts back...
> > >
> > >
> > https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2018-September/045575.html
> > >
> > > I take that you are the best person to provide feedback if 0.14.1
> > > helps or not.
> > >
> > > > Thanks again.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Victor
> > >
> > > >
> > > > El mar., 18 sept. 2018 a las 0:55, Victor Toso (<victortoso at redhat.com
> > >)
> > > > escribió:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Carlos,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 07:45:43PM -0500, Carlos González wrote:
> > > > > > With all due apologies beforehand, but after re-reading this thread
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2018-August/045216.html
> > > > > > and checking the Spice Space downloads site, I'm not sure how to
> > > > > understand
> > > > > > it, whether spice-server 0.14.1 has already been released, and if
> > it has,
> > > > > > whether change
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/commit/ca4984570f425e87e92abe5f62f9687bb55c1e14
> > > > > > was really included in it...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Could someone clarify if it's not bothersome?
> > > > >
> > > > > It was released, you can see the 0.14.1 tag at
> > > > >
> > > > >     https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/tags
> > > > >
> > > > > Also,
> > > > >
> > > > >     $ git tag --contains ca4984570f425e87e92abe5f62f9687bb55c1e14
> > > > >     v0.14.1
> > > > >
> > > > > So, the 0.14.1 release does contain that commit :)
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> >
> >
> >
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