Contacting the development team

Mailing lists

There are two mailing-lists:

This list a place for discussions about the development of libvirt. Topics for discussion include

New features for libvirt
Bug fixing of libvirt
New hypervisor drivers
Development of language bindings for libvirt API
Testing and documentation of libvirt

This list a place for discussions involving libvirt users. Topics for discussion include

Usage of libvirt / virsh
Administration of libvirtd
Deployment of libvirt with hypervisors
Development of applications on top of / using the libvirt API(s)
Any other topics along these lines

Both mailing lists require that you subscribe before posting to the list, otherwise your posting will be delayed for manual approval by mailman. You can subscribe at the linked webpages above.

Patches with explanations and provided as attachments are really appreciated and should be directed to the development mailing list will be discussed on the mailing list. If possible generate the patches by using git format-patch in a GIT clone.

IRC discussion

Some of the libvirt developers may be found on IRC on the OFTC IRC network. Use the settings:

server: irc.oftc.net
port: 6667 (the usual IRC port)
channel: #virt

NB There is no guarantee that someone will be watching or able to reply promptly, so use the mailing-list if you don't get an answer on the IRC channel.