[ltt-dev] UST use case: Tracing QEMU/KVM

[Pierre-Marc Fournier]

Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> 
> The non-technical issue that remains is the availability of UST
> packages across Linux distributions.  The Debian packages are good
> start, although there does not seem to be an lttv package.  Developers
> wanting to add tracing to their programs may be put off by unpackaged
> software.  Do you have any thoughts on growing the popularity of UST?
> 

Hi Stefan,

Sure, it would be great if ust were in more linux distributions. I 
believe what we can do for now is to spread the word (like you are doing 
with the qemu/kvm community) and be patient.

It might put off some people that ust is not packaged, but we need early 
adopters who are willing to compile software themselves to put pressure 
on the community. This appears to be a necessary phase before 
distributions invest time and money to create and maintain packages.

Any ideas to encourage further the distributions to package ust would be 
welcome of course.

pmf