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[[Category:Virtualization]]
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The Virtualization Preview Repo is a repository for people who would like to test the very latest virtualization related packages. This repo is intended primarily as an aid to testing / early experimentation. It is not intended for 'production' deployment.
The Virtualization Preview Repository is for people who would like to test the very latest virtualization related packages. This repository is intended primarily as an aid to testing/early experimentation. It is not intended for 'production' deployment.
 
= Target Audience =
Who might be interested in virt preview? It turns out there are four kinds of people in the world.
 
*  1) Users who want things to stay stable and who aren't necessarily expecting new features until they update to the next release of Fedora - ''these are people with just the updates repo enabled''
 
* 2) Same as (1) but who are willing to help out testing updates for the whole distro in order to catch things before they hit the people in category (1) - ''these people have the updates and updates-testing repos enabled''


To use it, do e.g.
* 3) Mostly the same as (1) or (2), but have a specific interest in testing new virt features and are willing to deal with virt regressions - ''these people enable the updates, updates-testing, and preview repos''


<pre><nowiki>
* 4) People who are interested in helping with Fedora <next> development in general, not just virt - ''these people run [[Releases/Rawhide|rawhide]]''
  $> cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-virt-preview.repo << EOF
  [rawvirt]
  name=Virtualization Rawhide for Fedora 11
  baseurl=http://markmc.fedorapeople.org/virt-preview/f11/$basearch/
  enabled=1
  gpgcheck=0
  EOF
  $> yum update
</nowiki></pre>


Who might do such a thing? It turns out there are four kinds of people in the world.
= Enabling the Virtualization Preview Repository =
Install the repo:


* 1) Users who want things to stay stable and who aren't necessarily expecting new features until they update to the next release of Fedora - ''these are people with just the updates repo enabled''
  sudo dnf copr enable @virtmaint-sig/virt-preview


* 2) Same as (1) but who are willing to help out testing updates for the whole distro in order to catch things before they hit the people in category (1) - ''these people have the updates and updates-testing repos enabled''
And then update your machine like you normally would.


* 3) Mostly the same as (1) or (2), but have a specific interest in testing new virt features and are willing to deal with virt regressions - ''these people enable the updates, updates-testing and preview repos''
= Contact =


* 4) People who are interested in helping with helping with F-12 development in general, not just virt - ''these people run [[Releases/rawhid|rawhide]]''
Issues with specific packages should be filed in bugzilla.redhat.com. Issues with the repo itself can be directed to [[User:crobinso]]


= Links =


Places to draw words from for this page.
* Copr repo page: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/virtmaint-sig/virt-preview/
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue169#More_Formal_libvirt_Release_Scheduling
* Github repo with maintenance scripts: https://github.com/crobinso/build-fedora-virt-preview/
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue177#Rawhide_Virtualization_Repository
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue171#Virtualization_Technology_Preview_Repo

Revision as of 23:11, 9 August 2018

The Virtualization Preview Repository is for people who would like to test the very latest virtualization related packages. This repository is intended primarily as an aid to testing/early experimentation. It is not intended for 'production' deployment.

Target Audience

Who might be interested in virt preview? It turns out there are four kinds of people in the world.

  • 1) Users who want things to stay stable and who aren't necessarily expecting new features until they update to the next release of Fedora - these are people with just the updates repo enabled
  • 2) Same as (1) but who are willing to help out testing updates for the whole distro in order to catch things before they hit the people in category (1) - these people have the updates and updates-testing repos enabled
  • 3) Mostly the same as (1) or (2), but have a specific interest in testing new virt features and are willing to deal with virt regressions - these people enable the updates, updates-testing, and preview repos
  • 4) People who are interested in helping with Fedora <next> development in general, not just virt - these people run rawhide

Enabling the Virtualization Preview Repository

Install the repo:

sudo dnf copr enable @virtmaint-sig/virt-preview

And then update your machine like you normally would.

Contact

Issues with specific packages should be filed in bugzilla.redhat.com. Issues with the repo itself can be directed to User:crobinso

Links