[libvirt] [PATCH libvirt-python 00/14] Split the python binding out

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:45:01AM -0600, Doug Goldstein wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Daniel Veillard <veillard at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 06:21:43PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> >> From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange at redhat.com>
> >>
> >> This patch series is a followup to
> >>
> >> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-September/msg00413.html
> >>
> >> to split the python binding out into a separate GIT repository.
> >>
> >> These patches do not apply to current GIT. Instead you have to first
> >> create a new git repo, initializing based on the history of the
> >> python/ subdirectory.
> >
> >   I didn't really had time to do the steps below, but a general ACK
> > on the direction, it will be hard to really test without having the
> > 2 directories and I'm sure something will bite me at the next release
> > time, isn't it ;-) ?
> >   For the python3 patches that I had tried to isolate based on libxml2
> > port I made last year I think it wont be much harder to do on the new
> > separate git than currently so that should not get in the way,
> >
> > IMHO go for it,
> >
> > Daniel
> 
> I was actually asked by some OpenStack guys to help separate this out
> so I'm working from Dan's patches to try to add the pieces we want
> before releasing from this route.

Yep, the main piece that would be a blocker for OpenStack to use this
is the ability to have the python version == x.y.z be able to build against
any libvirt <= x.y.z, instead of libvirt == x.y.z


Daniel
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