[libvirt] [PATCH] news: document new libxml version requirement

[Andrea Bolognani]

On Tue, 2019-09-03 at 15:22 +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 04:19:01PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > On Tue, 2019-09-03 at 13:24 +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > > +      <change>
> > > +        <summary>
> > > +          libxml: min required libxml is now 2.9.1
> > > +        </summary>
> > > +        <description>
> > > +          Support for building with libxml versions older than 2.9.1
> > > +          has been dropped.
> > > +        </description>
> > > +      </change>
> > 
> > I don't think we need to document this in the release notes: for
> > starters, configure will already complain loudly if libxml on the
> > host is too old, same as it does for any other dependency, and
> > additionally the version bump is fully in line with our established
> > platform support policy.
> 
> I don't agree. This is something I expect to be prominent in any
> application's release notes or news. There's no downside to giving
> users this information upfront.

We have traditionally not done this but alright, I can see how it
could be helpful in some scenarios.

  Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna at redhat.com>

and safe for freeze.

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Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization