[ovirt-devel] el6 future in ovirt-3.6

[Itamar Heim]

On 03/23/2015 10:19 AM, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 09:47:17AM +0100, Sven Kieske wrote:
>> +1
>>
>> also take a look at the results of
>> the user survey:
>> most users use el6
>> so even the discussion about "dropping support"
>> will make people uncertain how long
>> they will be able to use el6.
>> me included.
>
> Given the recent discussions, this seems the way we are going to take:
> ovirt-3.5 would keep support of el6 as long as it (ovirt-3.5) is
> maintained.
>
> ovirt-3.6 (current master) would no longer support el6 for the
> hypervisor. Vdsm would not be tested on el6, it won't build there, and
> most probably not run properly/at all on el6.

ovirt-3.6 engine would still support .el6 hosts with vdsm 3.5.
we will simply not release the new vdsm to the .el6 channel.

>
> If someone thinks that this is a wrong step to take - say so now, or be
> silent forever.
>
> Dan.
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