Re: [Xen-devel] Tagging livepatch-build-tools.git with Xen releases

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew Cooper writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] Tagging livepatch-build-tools.git with 
Xen releases"):
> On 25/10/2019 13:27, Ross Lagerwall wrote:
> > On 10/25/19 12:05 PM, Lars Kurth wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I am wondering whether we should tag livepatch-build-tools.git with
> >> Xen releases
> >>
> >
> > I thought this had been discussed before but I can't find anything in
> > my archives.
> 
> I recall a discussion at the time as well.
> 
> > IMO livepatch-build-tools is a separate tool that doesn't need to move
> > in lockstep with Xen. I would always recommend using the tip commit
> > since bugs often get fixed around the time that patching is needed.
> > Therefore I don't see any value in tagging it for the time being.
> 
> +2 to not being in lockstep.  It helps massively with downstream usability.

We can still tag things with Xen release versions just to designate
what we consider part of the overall project release, without implying
that the two need to be in lockstep.

Ian.

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