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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface
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Michael S. Tsirkin |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface |
Date: |
Mon, 3 Oct 2011 18:51:41 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 11:05:02AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> On 10/03/2011 10:45 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >>BTW, putting this info properly into migration stats would probably
> >>be pretty useful.
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>
> >>Anthony Liguori
> >
> >Problem is adding anything to monitor makes me worry
> >about future compatibility so much I usually just give up.
> >IMO we really need a namespace for in-development experimental
> >commands, like "unsupported-XXX", this would belong.
>
> Or just make all of QMP unsupported across any given version. I'm
> not kidding about that actually.
>
> If we document what the protocol is for any given version, then a
> layer like libvirt can deal with providing a consistent interface.
Once distros ship qemu, people will use it. Once they use it
in some way for long, it becomes the supposted interface.
No one reads documentation, obviously :) - do you expect
people to re-read qemu documentation *with every release*?
>
> I often wonder who we're trying to preserve compatibility for. Part
> of libvirt's mission statement is providing a stable API so why not
> leverage that mission and get us out of the compatibility business.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori
you can't force everyone to use libvirt.
Part of QMP mission statement was a stable interface.
If it's not that I don't know what it's for.
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Anthony Liguori, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Anthony Liguori, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Anthony Liguori, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Daniel P. Berrange, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface,
Michael S. Tsirkin <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2011/10/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Anthony Liguori, 2011/10/05
Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Anthony Liguori, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Anthony Liguori, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Anthony Liguori, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New Migration Protocol using Visitor Interface, Anthony Liguori, 2011/10/03