From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38704) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dZxuS-0005SF-JI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 07:21:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dZxuO-0006CE-Lp for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 07:21:52 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:54958) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dZxuO-0006Bz-Fa for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 07:21:48 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 12:21:40 +0100 From: "Daniel P. Berrange" Message-ID: <20170725112139.GN26394@redhat.com> Reply-To: "Daniel P. Berrange" References: <20170719100802.14094-1-berrange@redhat.com> <20170719100802.14094-3-berrange@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 2/2 (for 2.10)] docs: document deprecated features in appendix List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Thomas Huth Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Peter Maydell , Eduardo Habkost , Markus Armbruster , Stefan Hajnoczi , Paolo Bonzini On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 11:35:53AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > On 19.07.2017 12:08, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > The deprecation of features in QEMU is totally adhoc currently, > > with no way for the user to get a list of what is deprecated > > in each release. This adds an appendix to the doc that records > > when each deprecation was made and provides text explaining > > what to use instead, if anything. > > > > Since there has been no formal policy around removal of deprecated > > features in the past, any deprecations prior to 2.10.0 are to be > > treated as if they had been made at the 2.10.0 release. Thus the > > earliest that existing deprecations will be deleted is the start > > of the 2.12.0 cycle. > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange > > --- > > qemu-doc.texi | 168 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 168 insertions(+) > [...] > > +@subsection -monitor default=on (since 2.4.0) > > + > > +The ``default'' option to the ``-monitor'' argument is > > +now ignored. When multiple monitors were enabled, it > > +indicated which monitor would receive log messages > > +from the various subsystems. This feature is no longer > > +required as messages are now only sent to the monitor > > +in response to explicitly monitor commands. > > BTW, seems like it's the "-mon" option, not the "-monitor" option that > has this "default" parameter? Yes, you are right. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|