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From: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kvm tool: add QCOW verions 1 read/write support
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:31:20 +0200
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Am 14.04.2011 10:21, schrieb Pekka Enberg:
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> wrote:
>> Have you thought about a way to actually share code with qemu instead of
>> repeating Xen's mistake of copying code, modifying it until merges are
>> no longer possible and then let it bitrot?
> 
> No we haven't and we're not planning to copy QEMU code as-is but
> re-implement support for formats we're interested in.

Okay. I might not consider it wise, but in the end it's your decision.
I'm just curious why you think this is the better way?

Kevin