Entering freeze for libvirt-8.5.0
by Jiri Denemark
I have just tagged v8.5.0-rc1 in the repository and pushed signed
tarballs and source RPMs to https://libvirt.org/sources/
Please give the release candidate some testing and in case you find a
serious issue which should have a fix in the upcoming release, feel
free to reply to this thread to make sure the issue is more visible.
If you have not done so yet, please update NEWS.rst to document any
significant change you made since the last release.
Thanks,
Jirka
2 years, 5 months
Release of libvirt-php-0.5.6
by Michal Prívozník
The 0.5.6 release of libvirt-php is tagged and tarball is available at:
https://libvirt.org/sources/php/
Notable changes:
* PHP-8.0 support
* Implemented virDomainSnapshotCurrent() API
* Implemented virNetworkGetDHCPLeases() API
* Implemented virDomainGetCPUStats() API
* Implemented virDomainUndefineFlags() API
* Fixed libvirt_domain_interface_addresses() when multiple addresses are
reported
* Bug fixes
Thanks to everybody who helped with this release.
Michal
2 years, 6 months
Release of libvirt-8.4.0
by Jiri Denemark
The 8.4.0 release of both libvirt and libvirt-python is tagged and
signed tarballs and source RPMs are available at
https://libvirt.org/sources/
https://libvirt.org/sources/python/
Thanks everybody who helped with this release by sending patches,
reviewing, testing, or providing feedback. Your work is greatly
appreciated.
* New features
* qemu: D-Bus display
Libvirt is now able to setup a D-Bus display export, either with a private
bus or in p2p mode. This display is available in QEMU 7.0.0.
* qemu: ppc64 Power10 processor support
Support for the recently released IBM Power10 processor was added.
* qemu: Introduce ``absolute`` clock offset
The ``absolute`` clock offset type allows to set the guest clock to an
arbitrary epoch timestamp at each start. This is useful if some VM needs
to be kept set to an arbitrary time for e.g. testing or working around
broken software.
* qemu: add qemu-vdagent channel
This paravirtualized qemu vdagent channel can enable copy and paste between
a guest and a VNC client. It is available in QEMU 6.1.0.
* api: Add new APIs ``virDomainSaveParams`` and ``virDomainRestoreParams``
* ``virDomainSaveParams``: An alternative domain saving API, extends
``virDomainSaveFlags`` by adding parameters.
* ``virDomainRestoreParams``: An alternative domain restoring API, extends
``virDomainRestoreFlags`` by adding parameters.
* Bug fixes
* Improve heuristics for computing baseline CPU models
Both ``virConnectBaselineHypervisorCPU`` and ``virConnectBaselineCPU`` were
in some cases computing the result using a CPU model which was newer than
some of the input models. For example, ``Cascadelake-Server`` was used as a
baseline for ``Skylake-Server-IBRS`` and ``Cascadelake-Server``. The CPU
model selection heuristics was improved to choose a more appropriate model.
Enjoy.
Jirka
2 years, 6 months
