Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/14] Convert commands to QAPI (batch 1)

[Luiz Capitulino]

On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:42:55 -0500
Anthony Liguori <address@hidden> wrote:

> This is my attempt to jump-start the QAPI switch over.  All of the hard work
> is already done in my qapi branch, we just need to start merging stuff.
> 
> To simplify the merge process, I've introduced a new mode to the code 
> generator
> that lets us do conversions without using the new QMP server.

It really makes the transition easier. It should be easy & quick to merge
the stuff in your repo.

> Once this series is merged, anything that touchs QMP (to modify a command or
> add a new command) must do it through QAPI--no exceptions.

Agreed. And people could start working on good replacements in parallel
with the merging of existing commands.

> 
> This series also includes Dans change to the 'change' command.  I'm not 
> thrilled
> about people using this command but its better to err on the side of caution.
> It's now officially deprecated with much more robust replacement commands.
>