[pve-devel] [PATCH 1/4] frr: bump from 8.5.2 to 10.2.1

[DERUMIER, Alexandre]

>>Yeah, it's definitively a bigger jump, but having late PVE 8 and
>>future
>>PVE 9 start out with the same FRR version would be nice and should
>>make
>>backporting fixes easier; also PVE 9 should then start out more
>>stable
>>w.r.t. FRR and SDN stack. And yes, we looked into backporting some
>>patches
>>that Gabriel needs for the SDN Fabrics work to the FRR version we
>>had,
>>but too much changed. Also, IIRC updating FRR to newer minor version
>>releases (e.g., from 8.5.2 to 8.5.7) often caused also some
>>regressions,
>>so a bigger jump should make addressing those at least a bit more
>>worthwile; at least that's what I'm hoping ^^

yes, minors cause also regression ^_^.  They really need an lts release


>>FYI: I just uploaded the build to the pvetest repository, would move
>>it
>>to no-subscription sometime next week, if nothing comes up until
>>then.
>>I can naturally delay the move, or fasten it up, depending on your
>>feedback or if you would like to have some more time, I just would
>>like
>>to move it to no-subscription no later than the 28th March, to ensure
>>it
>>gets long enough time for broad exposure in no-subscription before
>>the
>>next point releases.

ok no problem, I'll try to test on my side this week on a test cluster
for some days.

I have already seen regression where problems could appear after
multiple hours with arp/mac timeout. so I'll try to test as soon as
possible.

I don't remember if we have a package with a depend of frr (I don't see
it in pve-network), but if it could be possible to not force something
like
Depends: frr (>= 10~)   , as I would like to be able to pin the version
in case of problem


(I'll try to test the fabric code too :)


Alexandre








> and this really need a lot of test with different setup to be sure
> everything is working fine with differents setup.
> 
> 
> I can begin to do test on my production with this version if it can
> help

That would be really appreciated, thanks.