[libvirt-users] qemu-kvm version for CentOS

[Andrew Cathrow]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michal Privoznik" <mprivozn at redhat.com>
> To: "kerwin" <piaoyuankui at gmail.com>, libvirt-users at redhat.com
> Sent: Monday, July 7, 2014 8:17:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] qemu-kvm version for CentOS
> 
> On 06.07.2014 16:01, kerwin wrote:
> > WHY CentOS still using qemu-kvm 0.12?
> >
> > What I am need is high version of qemu-kvm for CentOS, but seems like
> > they do not officially provide newest qemu, only qemu 0.12 source code
> > with 3522 patched rpm package.
> 
> With distros it's always a question of stability vs bleeding edge. It's
> not possible to have git builds every day and guarantee enterprise
> stability at the same time. CentOS and RHEL are distributions that
> prefer enterprise stability to the latest versions of all packages. If
> you, however, want newer version of some package, you can still download
> its source code and build it from there. Or use a distribution that
> packages only the fresh new stuff out there.
> 

The CentOS virt sig would be one to follow here.

http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Virtualization

> Michal
> 
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