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Re: [PATCH 13/13] docs/deprecated: deprecate passing plugin args through
From: |
Peter Krempa |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH 13/13] docs/deprecated: deprecate passing plugin args through `arg=` |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 14:13:39 +0200 |
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Mutt/2.0.7 (2021-05-04) |
On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 12:09:20 +0200, Mahmoud Mandour wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr@gmail.com>
> ---
> docs/system/deprecated.rst | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> index e2e0090878..aaf0ee5777 100644
> --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> @@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ other options have been processed. This will either
> have no effect (if
> if they were not given. The property is therefore useless and should not be
> specified.
>
> +Plugin argument passing through ``arg=<string>`` (since 6.1)
> +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +Passing arguments through ``arg=`` is redundant is makes the command-line
> less
> +readable, especially when the argument itself consist of a name and a value,
> +e.g. ``arg="arg_name=arg_value"``. Therefore, the usage of ``arg`` is
> redundant.
Based on this entry itself it's hard to figure out that this is for TCG
plugings. Preferably reword that entry so it's more clear.
Libvirt isn't setting these so it's okay to deprecate/remove from our
point of view.
- Re: [PATCH 03/13] plugins/hotpages: introduce sortby arg and parsed bool args correctly, (continued)
- [PATCH 05/13] plugins/lockstep: make socket path not positional & parse bool arg, Mahmoud Mandour, 2021/07/17
- [PATCH 08/13] docs/tcg-plugins: new passing parameters scheme for cache docs, Mahmoud Mandour, 2021/07/17
- [PATCH 10/13] tests/plugins/insn: made arg inline not positional and parse it as bool, Mahmoud Mandour, 2021/07/17
- [PATCH 12/13] tests/plugins/syscalls: adhere to new arg-passing scheme, Mahmoud Mandour, 2021/07/17
- [PATCH 11/13] tests/plugins/mem: introduce "track" arg and make args not positional, Mahmoud Mandour, 2021/07/17
- [PATCH 13/13] docs/deprecated: deprecate passing plugin args through `arg=`, Mahmoud Mandour, 2021/07/17
- Re: [PATCH 13/13] docs/deprecated: deprecate passing plugin args through `arg=`,
Peter Krempa <=
- [PATCH 09/13] tests/plugins/bb: adapt to the new arg passing scheme, Mahmoud Mandour, 2021/07/17
- [PATCH 04/13] plugins/hotblocks: Added correct boolean argument parsing, Mahmoud Mandour, 2021/07/17
- Re: [PATCH 00/13] new plugin argument passing scheme, Alex Bennée, 2021/07/17