Re: [PATCH v2 07/11] acpi/tests/bits: add python test that exercizes QEMU bios tables using biosbits

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 07:58:46AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> biosbits isn't tied to QEMU versions, it is an entirely separate 3rd
> party project. This binary is just providing the test env, and IIUC,
> control over what executes in this env is still done by the QEMU side
> test scripts. I'm not seeing a coupling here that requires precise
> matching. In any case biosbit is a dead project so does not look
> likely to have any changes.
> 
> If we did want to have different versions though, we can stil
> publish artifacts from different branches of biosbits code. Gitlab
> will preserve & publish the latest artifacts from each branch in
> parallel.
> 
> With regards,
> Daniel

The issue is bugs, testing, support.  If biosbits needs to support old
qemu versions that's a ton of work for no real benefit.  CI is CI, it's
not a binary distribution mechanism, abusing it will just lead to
problems down the road... my $.02

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