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Subject: Re: [virtio-comment] Current status and timeline?


On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 07:31:01PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 03:31:10PM +0000, Wenguang Wang (VSAN) wrote:
> > Virtio TC,
> > 
> > May I know the timeline of the spec development?
> 
> We completed PR and expect to release cs04 in a couple of month.
> It will probably be mostly identical to latest csprd as all
> comments were minor.
> 
> >  When do we expect to get a
> > final version of 1.0 spec?
> 
> I'm not sure I get the question.  It is already final:
> 
> [VIRTIO-v1.0] Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) Version 1.0. Edited by Rusty
> Russell, Michael S. Tsirkin, Cornelia Huck, and Pawel Moll. 02 August
> 2015. OASIS Committee Specification 03.
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.0/cs03/virtio-v1.0-cs03.html.
> Latest version:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.0/virtio-v1.0.html.
> 
> And:
> 	"OASIS Standards Final Deliverable" means any of the following:
> 	Committee Specifications, Candidate OASIS Standards, OASIS Standards and
> 	Approved Errata.
> 
> Naturally, we keep releasing new versions with bugfixes and new features.
> There's no plan to stop that AFAIK.
> 
> >  Between now and then what parts of the spec are
> > likely to change, and will those changes be compatible with the current draft?
> > 
> > Thanks and best regards,
> > -Wenguang Wang
> 
> I think that it's unlikely that we'll make incompatible changes in
> future versions.

One way to make sure it to join the TC and vote on changes as they are
proposed. Membership is open to all.  Another is to review drafts during
public review periods.

> -- 
> MST


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