Ubuntu
xen package

  1. Bug #378240
  2. Comment #72

Comment 72 for bug 378240

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Bruce Edge (bruce-edge) wrote : Re: [Bug 378240] Re: Please merge xen 4.0.1~rc5-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main)

On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Bart Verwilst <email address hidden> wrote:

> Debian squeeze has 4.0.1-2 currently. Isn't it possible to just pull
> this package into Ubuntu and be done with it? It's been over 1.5 years,
> and we're still stuck on 3.3.. Instead of reinventing the wheel ( and
> getting nowhere ), why not just cooperate with the Debian maintainers of
> the Xen package and get Xen support out of the sorry state it is now in
> Ubuntu?
>
>

Ubuntu doesn't even hava 3.3 anymore. Ubuntu 8,04 (Hardy ?) did, but now
there's no dom0 kernel in Ubuntu.
It is pretty sad, what with the current virtualization push et al that
Ubuntu has zero Xen options other than roll your own.