Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com&gt; --- NEWS.rst | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index da88b19d0a..cb111ccb0f 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ For a more fine-grained view, use the `git log`_. v7.0.0 (unreleased) =================== +* **Project governance** + + * Formal handover of release tarball signing + + Starting from libvirt-6.6 the release tarballs are signed by Jiří Denemark. + Releases starting with 7.0 contain a note from the previous maintainer + Daniel Veillard officaly handing over the signing of packages so that the + transition can be verified. + * **New features** * nodedev: Add node device driver support for AP devices @@ -19,10 +28,38 @@ v7.0.0 (unreleased) queues and AP matrix devices (which are capable of MDEV) of a KVM host system in libvirt node device driver with correct object relationships. + * qemu: Allow control of ``qcow2`` metadata cache + + In specific usecases such as when massive storage images are used it's + possible to achieve better performance with increasing the metadata cache + size. The new knob allows advanced users setting the size according to + qemu's documentation to suit their image. + * **Improvements** + * qemu: Discourage users from polling ``virDomainGetBlockJobInfo`` for block + job completion + + Document that waiting for events is a more robust solution. + + * secret: Relax XML schema for the ``usage`` name of a ``secret`` + + Various bits of documentation of how to use libvirt with RBD volumes used + an usage name which would not pass the XML validation. Relax the requirement + to make such XMLs valid. + * **Bug fixes** + * qemu: Fix logic bug in inactive snapshot deletion + + This release fixes a bug introduced in ``libvirt-6.9`` where libvirt's + snapshot metadata would not be deleted on successful snapshot deletion. + + * qemu: Fix VM's with ``<iotune>`` on an empty cdrom + + Specifying ``<iotune>`` for an empty cdrom would prevent the VM from + starting as qemu doesn't accept the tuning for an empty drive. We now + postpone the setting of the parameters until a new media is inserted. v6.10.0 (2020-12-01) ==================== -- 2.29.2