[libvirt PATCH v2] docs: add news item about gnulib removal
While we have CI testing coverage for many platforms, we don't test any
non-glibc based Linux and there are other non-Linux platforms we don't
officially target, both of which might hit regressions.
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com>
---
docs/news.xml | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
index 5aa9d081a7..13812a1234 100644
--- a/docs/news.xml
+++ b/docs/news.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,25 @@
</section>
<section title="Bug fixes">
</section>
+ <section title="Packaging changes">
+ <change>
+ <summary>
+ use of gnulib has been completely eliminated
+ </summary>
+ <description>
+ Historically libvirt has embedded gnulib to provide fixes for
+ various platform portability problems. This usage has now been
+ eliminated and alternative approaches for platform portability
+ problems adopted where required. This has been validated on the
+ set of platforms covered by automated CI build testing. Other
+ modern Linux distros using glibc are expected to work. Linux
+ distros using non-glibc packages, and other non-Linux platforms
+ may encounter regressions when building this release. Please
+ report any build problems encountered back to the project
+ maintainers for evaluation.
+ </description>
+ </change>
+ </section>
</release>
<release version="v6.0.0" date="2020-01-15">
<section title="Packaging changes">
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