Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] vga: demote cirrus

[Markus Armbruster]

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.