Re: [Libguestfs] [EXTERNAL] - Re: Libguestfs desired version installation

On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 10:16:10AM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: Worded differently: Libguestfs is open source. Therefore, you have the freedom to install whatever libguestfs version you want on whatever underlying system you want - and it may even work the way you want. However, if you choose to install a version of libguestfs on a distro that is different than the version that your distro already provides, then you will be stuck debugging any issues that arise on your own, and cannot reasonably expect either your distro or upstream to help you (your distro's answer will likely be "use the version we already debugged for you"). Upstream support is a limited resource - there are no contractual guarantees that anyone has to help you, and while it may be low cost when it works in your favor, you are far more likely to get responses based on the quality of effort you have put in to reporting problems accurately, rather than expecting others to do your homework for you. You mention using RHEL; since you are already paying to use a distro, you might as well make the most of your support contract. However, this is the upstream mailing list, and not the point of contact with your RHEL support contract. Then as Rich has already mentioned: your distro support contract will likewise expect you to put in more effort of describing the actual scenario you are trying to solve, rather than the secondary problem of "can I upgrade libguestfs" that may or may not address the primary problem that you are facing. -- Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. Virtualization: qemu.org | libguestfs.org