[ovirt-users] [QE][ACTION REQUIRED] oVirt 3.5.0 RC2 status

Wed Aug 20 13:51:29 UTC 2014

On 08/20/2014 03:40 PM, Vinzenz Feenstra wrote:
> On 08/20/2014 09:10 AM, Sandro Bonazzola wrote:
>> Hi,
>> early this week we postponed oVirt 3.5.0 RC2 to Thu *2014-08-21 08:00 
>> UTC*,
>> we'll discuss current status in today oVirt sync meeting and 
>> eventually postpone RC2 by another week.
>>
>> Maintainers (supposing we keep Thu *2014-08-21 08:00 UTC*):
>> - Please be sure that 3.5 snapshot allow to create VMs before 
>> *2014-08-20 15:00 UTC*
>> - Please be sure that no pending patches are going to block the 
>> release before *2014-08-20 15:00 UTC*
>> - If any patch must block the RC release please raise the issue as 
>> soon as possible.
>>
>> The bug tracker [1] shows the following proposed blockers to be 
>> reviewed:
>>
>> Whiteboard    Bug ID    Status    Summary
>> infra        1127877    POST    vdsm-tool configure --force does not 
>> configure qemu.conf properly in the first run on a fresh install
>> sla        1129261    NEW    prepareImage api call fails with [Errno 
>> 2] No such file or directory
>> sla        1130038    NEW    prepareImage api call fails with [Errno 
>> 2] No such file or directory
>> storage        1128776    POST    Can't change a vm disk's storage 
>> domain from a file domain to a block domain when creating a template 
>> from a vm
>> storage        1127294    POST    Live Merge: Resolve unknown merge 
>> status in vdsm after host crash
>> storage        1109920    POST    Live Merge: Extend internal block 
>> volumes during merge
> I actually think that 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131548 should be 
> considered a blocker, however this seems to be related to live merge 
> currently it is assigned to virt.
> The point is that there's an exception thrown during recovery which 
> will cause the state of the VM to be in a very unusable state.
> Known indications so far:
> - It's shown as 'Paused' in the UI while the VM effectively is 'UP'
> - The guest agent communication channels are not initialized due to 
> the earlier bail out caused by the exception
>    - Consequence visible in UI:
>    - You can't soft shutdown the vm
>    - Causes most likely exceptions when trying to access methods from 
> the guest agent during shutdown of the VM, live migration might fail
>    - and other issues
So the fix for this issue I described above is already merged to 
ovirt-3.5 the bug had two issues and the first one is solved already by 
the merged patch. The second portion on the other hand is supposedly 
less severe so it might not be a blocker anymore.
>
>>
>>
>> And the following dependencies still open:
>> Bug 1041569 - [NFR] libvirt: Returning the watermark for all the 
>> images opened for writing
>> Bug 1102881 - virDomainBlockCommit fails with live snapshots on oVirt 
>> block storage
>>
>>
>> Some of above blockers may be dropped on today oVirt sync meeting if 
>> still open.
>> Some of the bugs blocking the release prevents automated testing to 
>> verify the release.
>> Please fix them as soon as possible.
>>
>>
>> Feature freeze is now effective, and branch has been created.
>> All new patches must be backported to 3.5 branch too.
>> Features completed are marked in green on Features Status Table [2]
>>
>> There are still 425 bugs [3] targeted to 3.5.0.
>> Excluding node and documentation bugs we still have 381 bugs [4] 
>> targeted to 3.5.0.
>>
>> More in detail [5]:
>>
>> Whiteboard    NEW    ASSIGNED    POST    Total
>> <unassigned>     7    .        .    7
>> gluster        9    5        2    16
>> i18n        .    .        1    1
>> infra        28    2        7    37
>> integration    25    .        6    31
>> network        18    1        15    34
>> node        24    6        6    36
>> ppc        2    .        4    6
>> sla        38    .        18    56
>> storage        86    10        9    105
>> ux        22    2        .    24
>> virt        59    4        9    72
>> Total        318    30        77    425
>>
>>
>> Maintainers / Assignee:
>> - Please ensure that completed features are marked in green on 
>> Features Status Table [2]
>> - Please remember to rebuild your packages before *2014-08-20 15:00* 
>> (supposing we keep Thu *2014-08-21 08:00 UTC*) if needed, otherwise 
>> nightly
>> snapshot will be taken.
>> - If you find a blocker bug please remember to add it to the tracker [1]
>> - Please fill release notes, the page has been created here [6]
>> - Please review and add test cases to oVirt 3.5 Third Test Day [7]
>> - Please update the target to 3.5.1 or later for bugs that won't be 
>> in 3.5.0:
>>    it will ease gathering the blocking bugs for next releases.
>>
>>
>> Community:
>> - Due to the RC2 delay, the 3rd test day has been postponed to Aug 28th.
>> - You're welcome to join us testing next beta release and getting 
>> involved in oVirt Quality Assurance[8]
>>
>>
>> [1] http://bugzilla.redhat.com/1073943
>> [2] http://bit.ly/17qBn6F
>> [3] http://red.ht/1pVEk7H
>> [4] http://red.ht/1zT2mSq
>> [5] http://red.ht/1q7SqNL
>> [6] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5_Release_Notes
>> [7] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5_TestDay
>> [8] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_Quality_Assurance
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>
>

-- 
Regards,

Vinzenz Feenstra | Senior Software Engineer
RedHat Engineering Virtualization R & D
Phone: +420 532 294 625
IRC: vfeenstr or evilissimo

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