[node-devel] Versioning of oVirt Node

[Alon Bar-Lev]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fabian Deutsch" <fabiand at redhat.com>
> To: "Alon Bar-Lev" <alonbl at redhat.com>
> Cc: "Barak Azulay" <bazulay at redhat.com>, arch at ovirt.org, "Douglas Landgraf" <dlandgra at redhat.com>, "node-devel"
> <node-devel at ovirt.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 3:49:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [node-devel] Versioning of oVirt Node
> 
> Am Montag, den 31.03.2014, 08:44 -0400 schrieb Alon Bar-Lev:
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Fabian Deutsch" <fabiand at redhat.com>
> > > To: "Alon Bar-Lev" <alonbl at redhat.com>
> > > Cc: "Barak Azulay" <bazulay at redhat.com>, arch at ovirt.org, "Douglas
> > > Landgraf" <dlandgra at redhat.com>, "node-devel"
> > > <node-devel at ovirt.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 3:34:19 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [node-devel] Versioning of oVirt Node
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Am Montag, den 31.03.2014, 07:57 -0400 schrieb Alon Bar-Lev:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I don't mind moving to our own tiny distro as long as it's a
> > > > single
> > > > > > image to release and maintain
> > > > > 
> > > > > Well, Node _is_ actually a tiny distro, just based on some package
> > > > based
> > > > > on some existing one.
> > > > 
> > > > I do not think that it is tiny distro... but let's not get into this
> > > > argument :)
> > > 
> > > Hehe ;)
> > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > The effort of maintaining multiple ovirt-nodes based on distro and
> > > > > > distro-version and ovirt-version creates an unmanageable test
> > > > matrix
> > > > > > that all the community might loose from
> > > > > 
> > > > > I partially agree here.
> > > > > From my POV the Fedora based Node is very useful for us to develop
> > > > Node,
> > > > > sooner or later the changes we've got in Fedora will land in CentOS,
> > > > > thus devleoping on Fedora is a preparation for being able to deliver
> > > > a
> > > > > (stable) CentOS based Node.
> > > > > 
> > > > > So IMO we should continue to develop on Fedora, but we might want to
> > > > > consider to keep to only deliver the CentOS based Node.
> > > > > The Fedora based build could be seen as nightlies.
> > > > 
> > > > If we consider single base distribution (aka blackbox which is not
> > > > black at all...), and you agree that centos is a fit, I do not see any
> > > > reason to invest resources in fedora.
> > > 
> > > In the light of man power it makes sense to only support one Node -
> > > (as in delivering releases and providing support) which we currently do.
> > > 
> > > From the development point of view, we should continue to develop
> > > features on
> > > Fedora.
> > 
> > Why? if we release only centos, why do we need features for fedora?
> 
> Mainly to prepare for major CentOS releases. Take CentOS 7 for example.
> 
> We know that it is derived from Fedora 19 or so, thus adding Fedora 19
> support, will also help us with CentOS 7.
> 

And I thought it is black box :)
The effort to support for centos 7 should start when centos 7 is out, till we stabilize keep using our "mini distribution" that is the previous, as per what barak/you claim should not be important to users.

> - fabian
>