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Entering freeze for libvirt-10.0.0
by Jiri Denemark 12 Jan '24

12 Jan '24

I have just tagged v10.0.0-rc1 in the repository and pushed signed tarballs and source RPMs to https://download.libvirt.org/ 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

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Release of libvirt-9.10.0
by Jiri Denemark 01 Dec '23

01 Dec '23

The 9.10.0 release of both libvirt and libvirt-python is tagged and signed tarballs and source RPMs are available at https://download.libvirt.org/ https://download.libvirt.org/python/ Thanks everybody who helped with this release by sending patches, reviewing, testing, or providing feedback. Your work is greatly appreciated. * New features * Introduce pipewire audio backend The QEMU hypervisor driver now allows setting ``pipewire`` backend for ``<audio/>`` device. * Improvements * Adapt to qemu's use of protocol drivers in QCOW2 'backing file format' field QEMU allows creating images where the 'backing file format' is actually a protocol name such as 'file'/'host_device'/'nbd'/etc.. Adapt libvirt to properly handle such images and don't assume automatic format probing is necessary, which is in many cases forbidden due to security implications. * Bug fixes * qemu: Fix setup of images on hotplug of disk Internal image metadata was not setup correctly which could cause some disk hotplug configurations (namely those including backing images) to fail. * qemu: Fix qemu crash when reverting an internal snapshot Libvirt attempted to start qemu with wrong arguments when attempting to revert to an internal snapshot causing qemu to crash. * qemu: Fix hotplug of empty cdrom Empty cdrom drive couldn't be hotplugged as libvirt wanted to setup the storage backing it unconditionally. Enjoy. Jirka

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ANNOUNCE: libvirt-glib release 5.0.0
by Daniel P. Berrangé 30 Nov '23

30 Nov '23

I am pleased to announce that a new release of the libvirt-glib package, version 5.0.0, is now available from https://libvirt.org/sources/glib/ The packages are GPG signed with Key fingerprint: DAF3 A6FD B26B 6291 2D0E 8E3F BE86 EBB4 1510 4FDF (4096R) Changes in this release: - Fix compatiblity with libxml2 >= 2.12.0 - Bump min libvirt version to 2.3.0 - Bump min meson to 0.56.0 - Require use of GCC >= 4.8 / CLang > 3.4 / XCode CLang > 5.1 - Mark USB disks as removable by default - Add support for audio device backend config - Add support for DBus graphics backend config - Add support for controlling firmware feature flags - Improve compiler flag handling in meson - Extend library version script handling to FreeBSD - Fix pointer sign issue in capabilities config API - Fix compat with gnome.mkenums() in Meson 0.60.0 - Avoid compiler warnings from gi-ir-scanner generated code by not setting glib version constraints - Be more robust about NULL GError parameters - Disable unimportant cast alignment compiler warnings - Use 'pragma once' in all header files - Updated translations Thanks to everyone who contributed to this new release. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|

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Entering freeze for libvirt-9.10.0
by Jiri Denemark 29 Nov '23

29 Nov '23

I have just tagged v9.10.0-rc1 in the repository and pushed signed tarballs and source RPMs to https://download.libvirt.org/ 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

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ANNOUNCE: Mailing list move complete
by Daniel P. Berrangé 01 Nov '23

01 Nov '23

This is an announcement to the effect that the mailing list move is now complete. TL;DR the new list addresses are: * announce(a)lists.libvirt.org (formerly libvirt-announce(a)redhat.com) Low volume, announcements of releases and other important info * users(a)lists.libvirt.org (formerly libvirt-users(a)redhat.com) End user questions and discussions and collaboration * devel(a)lists.libvirt.org (formerly libvir-list(a)redhat.com) Patch submission for development of main project * security(a)lists.libvirt.org (formerly libvir-security(a)redhat.com) Submission of security sensitive bug reports The online archive and membership mgmt interface is https://lists.libvirt.org In my original announcement[1] I mentioned that people would need to manually re-subscribe. Due to a mixup in communications, our IT admins went ahead and migrated across the existing entire subscriber base for all lists. Thus there is NO need to re-subscribe to any of the lists. If you were doing filtering of mail, you may need to update filters for the new list ID matches. With the new list server, HyperKitty is providing the web interface. Thus if you wish to interact with the lists entire via the browser this is now possible. Note that it requires you to register for an account and set a password, even if you are already a list subscriber. If you mistakenly send to the old lists you should receive an auto-reply about the moved destinations. Note, we had some technical issues on Thursday/Friday, so if you sent mails on those two days they probably will not have reached any lists, and so you may wish to re-send them. With regards, Daniel [1] https://listman.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-announce/2023-October/000650.ht… -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|

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Release of libvirt-9.9.0
by Jiri Denemark 01 Nov '23

01 Nov '23

The 9.9.0 release of both libvirt and libvirt-python is tagged and signed tarballs and source RPMs are available at https://download.libvirt.org/ https://download.libvirt.org/python/ Thanks everybody who helped with this release by sending patches, reviewing, testing, or providing feedback. Your work is greatly appreciated. * New features * QEMU: implement reverting external snapshots Reverting external snapshots is now possible using the existing API ``virDomainSnapshotRevert()``. Management application can check host capabilities for ``<externalSnapshot/>`` element within the list of guest features to see if the current libvirt supports both deleting and reverting external snapshots. * virsh: add ``console --resume`` support The ``virsh console`` subcommand now accepts a ``--resume`` option. This will resume a paused guest after connecting to the console. * Improvements * virsh: Improve ``virsh start --console`` behavior The ``virsh start --console`` now tries to connect to the guest console before starting the vCPUs. * virsh: Improve ``virsh create --console`` behavior The ``virsh create --console`` now tries to connect to the guest console before starting the vCPUs. Enjoy. Jirka

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libvirt-9.9.0 release candidate 2
by Jiri Denemark 30 Oct '23

30 Oct '23

I have just tagged v9.9.0-rc2 in the repository and pushed signed tarballs and source RPMs to https://download.libvirt.org/ 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

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ANNOUNCE: Forthcoming changes to libvirt mailing list hosting
by Daniel P. Berrangé 13 Oct '23

13 Oct '23

Hello Libvirt Community, For the last 18(!) years, libvirt community mailing lists have been kindly hosted by Red Hat Corporate IT on the redhat.com Mailman installation. In retrospect this wasn't the ideal home for community mailing lists but that decision is ancient history. Unfortunately as a consequence of infrastructure changes, the redhat.com Mailman service is scheduled to be decomissioned, and in the very near future ($low weeks) will cease to be able to send/receive mail for libvirt lists. As a result, all the libvirt mailing lists will need to move to a new Mailman installation, managed on our behalf by the Red Hat Open Source Community Infrastructure team[1], who provide services for a variety of OSS projects. It is intended that this new service will be dedicated for our community and thus located somewhere under the libvirt.org domain. It should go without saying that all existing mail archives will be migrated over to the new server. None of the historical record should be lost. It is not considered appropriate netiquette, however, to bulk-resubscribe all current list members under a new domain. Thus anyone who wants to remain on the community lists will soon be requested to take action to enroll on the new mailman service. The new service is not quite ready for use yet. This mail serves as a heads up that the changes will be coming in the next couple of weeks that will require action. A further announcement will be sent when the new mailman is ready to accept subscriptions, as well as warnings before the old lists stop accepting messages. With regards, Daniel [1] https://www.osci.io/ -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|

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Release of libvirt-9.8.0
by Jiri Denemark 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

The 9.8.0 release of both libvirt and libvirt-python is tagged and signed tarballs and source RPMs are available at https://download.libvirt.org/ https://download.libvirt.org/python/ Thanks everybody who helped with this release by sending patches, reviewing, testing, or providing feedback. Your work is greatly appreciated. * New features * network: New metadata change event The network object now has a new event ID ``VIR_NETWORK_EVENT_ID_METADATA_CHANGE`` that can be used to get notifications upon changes in any of ``<title>``, ``<description>`` or ``<metadata>``. * qemu: Add support for vDPA block devices With a new enough version of qemu, libvirt will allow you to assign vDPA block devices to a domain. This is configured with:: <disk type='vhostvdpa'> <source dev='/dev/vhost-vdpa-0'> ... * Improvements * qemu: add nbdkit backend for network disks Up until now, libvirt supported network disks (http, ftp, ssh) by passing the URL to qemu and having the appropriate qemu block drivers handle the disk I/O. However, by handling the network I/O outside of the qemu process, we get several advantages, such as reduced attack surface and improved stability of qemu. Therefore, when available, libvirt will use nbdkit as a backend for these network disks and export an NBD disk to qemu. * virnetdevopenvswitch: Propagate OVS error messages When configuring OVS interfaces/bridges libvirt used to report its own error messages instead of passing (more accurate) error messages from `ovs-vsctl`. This is now changed. * Various virtio-mem/virtio-pmem fixes Now libvirt validates more values of virtio-mem and virtio-pmem devices, e.g. overlapping memory addresses or alignment. Enjoy. Jirka

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Entering freeze for libvirt-9.8.0
by Jiri Denemark 29 Sep '23

29 Sep '23

I have just tagged v9.8.0-rc1 in the repository and pushed signed tarballs and source RPMs to https://download.libvirt.org/ 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

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