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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] vga: demote cirrus
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Markus Armbruster |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] vga: demote cirrus |
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Mon, 03 Nov 2014 08:43:50 +0100 |
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Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden> writes:
> On So, 2014-11-02 at 13:14 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:09:10AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Time to flip the default to stdvga. Done for 2.2+ machine types only,
>> > for obvious compatibility reasons.
>> >
>> > https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2014/10/qemu-using-cirrus-considered-harmful/
>>
>> Would you classify this a bugfix? If not, this missed soft freeze
>> deadline, so should be deferred to 2.3?
>
> Given that cirrus simply can't meet todays graphics needs I think this
> can be classified as bugfix. And as we don't add something new but just
> flip the default to something more sane I don't expect any stability
> issues from adding this post freeze.
No need for semantic games as far as I'm concerned. We should be
serious about soft freeze, but not dogmatic.