On 05/23/2015 12:51 AM, David Sommerseth wrote:
> On 23 May 2015 06:16:23 CEST, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> On 05/20/2015 03:36 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
>>> That means that once a new major release of RHEL is out, it aims to
>> be rock solid and stable for a long time
>>
>>
>> Sometimes.  Other times it freezes bugs and instabilities in
>> place, like the kvm bugs I reported.  It is a double edges sword.
>
>
> Which bz is that?
> --
> kind regards,
>
> David Sommerseth
>


Hi David,

I am guessing at what you mean by "bz", so here is an
example of the double edged sword.  This is a USB problem
that reported to QEMU.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1458121

Their answer was:

     That version was a pre-alfa version of kvm support in
     qemu, is insanely outdated, is heavily patched by redhat.
     I don't even think USB2 was supported by that version.
     Please try on a current version of qemu and kernel and
     reopen if the problem persist there.

     status:     New → Invalid

"pre-alpha", "insanely outdated".  No wonder qemm-kvm has
problems.

They just lock in all the crap they don't want to fix or
that doesn't embarrass them too badly.  Red Hat says they
support EL6 till 2020, but they really don't.  They just stop
working on it after a while.  "Semi-maintained" would have
to apply.

-T


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