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From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com>
Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, pkrempa@redhat.com, berrange@redhat.com,
	ehabkost@redhat.com, qemu-block@nongnu.org, quintela@redhat.com,
	libvir-list@redhat.com, eblake@redhat.com,
	mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
	pbonzini@redhat.com, marcandre.lureau@redhat.com,
	jsnow@redhat.com, libguestfs@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] qapi: Extend -compat to set policy for unstable interfaces
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 07:59:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878ryfc8k3.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YXhMzNHguAyUlRVR@work-vm> (David Alan Gilbert's message of "Tue,  26 Oct 2021 19:45:32 +0100")

"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com> writes:

> * Markus Armbruster (armbru@redhat.com) wrote:
>> New option parameters unstable-input and unstable-output set policy
>> for unstable interfaces just like deprecated-input and
>> deprecated-output set policy for deprecated interfaces (see commit
>> 6dd75472d5 "qemu-options: New -compat to set policy for deprecated
>> interfaces").  This is intended for testing users of the management
>> interfaces.  It is experimental.
>
> So is there no way to mark the option as unstable?

The closest we have to marking command line options as unstable is
putting them under "Debug/Expert options" in -help.

For option *parameters*, we sometimes use the x- convention.

QAPIfication will give us better tools.



      reply	other threads:[~2021-10-27  6:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-25  5:25 [PATCH 0/9] Configurable policy for handling unstable interfaces Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25  5:25 ` [PATCH 1/9] qapi: New special feature flag "unstable" Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25  7:15   ` Juan Quintela
2021-10-25 12:05   ` Kashyap Chamarthy
2021-10-25 12:18     ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2021-10-26  7:15     ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-26  8:14       ` Kashyap Chamarthy
2021-10-25 19:01   ` John Snow
2021-10-26  5:35     ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-26  7:37   ` Kevin Wolf
2021-10-26  8:36     ` [Libguestfs] " Kashyap Chamarthy
2021-10-26  9:22     ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2021-10-26  9:28       ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2021-10-26  9:37     ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-26 11:34       ` Kevin Wolf
2021-10-28  8:36         ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-26 14:56       ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2021-10-26 15:15         ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-26 15:22           ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2021-10-27  5:29             ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25  5:25 ` [PATCH 2/9] qapi: Mark unstable QMP parts with feature 'unstable' Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25  7:16   ` Juan Quintela
2021-10-25 19:05   ` John Snow
2021-10-26  7:56     ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-26 16:34       ` John Snow
2021-10-27  5:44         ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-29 13:07   ` Eric Blake
2021-11-02  9:15     ` Kevin Wolf
2021-10-25  5:25 ` [PATCH 3/9] qapi: Eliminate QCO_NO_OPTIONS for a slight simplification Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25  7:17   ` Juan Quintela
2021-10-25 19:08   ` John Snow
2021-10-26  7:58     ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25  5:25 ` [PATCH 4/9] qapi: Tools for sets of special feature flags in generated code Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25 19:21   ` John Snow
2021-10-26  8:48     ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25  5:25 ` [PATCH 5/9] qapi: Generalize struct member policy checking Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25 19:28   ` John Snow
2021-10-26  9:14     ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-26 15:43   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2021-10-27  5:56     ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25  5:25 ` [PATCH 6/9] qapi: Generalize command " Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25 12:04   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2021-10-26  9:40     ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25 19:30   ` John Snow
2021-10-25  5:25 ` [PATCH 7/9] qapi: Generalize enum member " Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25 19:36   ` John Snow
2021-10-26  9:43     ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-26 16:14       ` John Snow
2021-10-25  5:25 ` [PATCH 8/9] qapi: Factor out compat_policy_input_ok() Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25 12:13   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2021-10-26  9:46     ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-26 10:39       ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2021-10-29 14:08         ` Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25 19:38   ` John Snow
2021-10-25  5:25 ` [PATCH 9/9] qapi: Extend -compat to set policy for unstable interfaces Markus Armbruster
2021-10-25 19:40   ` John Snow
2021-10-26 18:45   ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2021-10-27  5:59     ` Markus Armbruster [this message]

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