[Libvirt-announce] Release of libvirt-4.8.0

It is out, as planned, tagged in git, the signed tarball and rpms are at the usual place: ftp://libvirt.org/libvirt/ I also make a python binding release which include event testing updates, you can find those at ftp://libvirt.org/libvirt/python/ This is a relatively large release considering the number of patches going in please note the Removed Feature section below: New features: - Xen: Support PM Suspend and Wakeup The libxl driver now supports the virDomainPMSuspendForDuration and virDomainPMWakeup APIs. Removed features: - Xen: Drop support for Xen 4.4 and 4.5 Xen 4.4 and 4.5 are no longer supported by the Xen community. Drop support for these older versions and require Xen >= 4.6. - nwfilter: Disallow binding creation in session mode Ensure that a filter binding creation is not attempted in session mode and generates a proper error message. Improvements: - qemu: Retrieve guest hostname through QEMU Guest Agent command QEMU is now able to retrieve the guest hostname using a new QEMU-GA command called 'guest-get-host-name'. Virsh users can execute 'domhostname' for QEMU driver for domains configured to use the Guest Agent. - virsh: Implement vsh-table in virsh and virsh-admin The new API fixes problems with table-alignment, making the tables more readable and deals with unicode. Bug fixes: - storage: Allow inputvol to be encrypted When creating a storage volume based on another volume, the base input volume is allowed to be encrypted. - virsh: Require explicit --domain for domxml-to-native The --domain option for domxml-to-native virsh command has always been documented as required, but commit v4.3.0-127-gd86531daf2 accidentally made it optional. - lxc_monitor: Avoid AB / BA lock race A deadlock situation could occur when autostarting a LXC domain 'guest' due to two threads attempting to take opposing locks while holding opposing locks (AB BA problem). Thanks everybody for your help with this release. Enjoy ! Daniel -- Daniel Veillard | Red Hat Developers Tools http://developer.redhat.com/ veillard(a)redhat.com | libxml Gnome XML XSLT toolkit http://xmlsoft.org/ http://veillard.com/ | virtualization library http://libvirt.org/