Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] news: document new libxml version requirement

On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 04:19:01PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > On Tue, 2019-09-03 at 13:24 +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > + <change> > > + <summary> > > + libxml: min required libxml is now 2.9.1 > > + </summary> > > + <description> > > + Support for building with libxml versions older than 2.9.1 > > + has been dropped. > > + </description> > > + </change> > > I don't think we need to document this in the release notes: for > starters, configure will already complain loudly if libxml on the > host is too old, same as it does for any other dependency, and > additionally the version bump is fully in line with our established > platform support policy. I don't agree. This is something I expect to be prominent in any application's release notes or news. There's no downside to giving users this information upfront.