From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/2] Rework -boot option
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:13:12 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49ECC948.4040400@codemonkey.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49ECC01E.80605@web.de>
Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Everything is possible, but comes with a price:
> - more complex code
> - more ugly and inconsistent user interface
>
> Is there no precedence for breaking the command line interface in order
> to clean things up?
>
I'm not opposed to breaking syntax when necessary, but I think the
benefits need to be strong and every attempt at preserving compatibility
should be made.
If you really want a clean separation, introduce a different parameter
than -boot and make -boot deprecated.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-20 19:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-20 17:05 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] Rework -boot option Jan Kiszka
2009-04-20 18:04 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-04-20 18:34 ` [Qemu-devel] " Jan Kiszka
2009-04-20 18:41 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-20 20:01 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2 -v] " Jan Kiszka
2009-04-20 19:13 ` Anthony Liguori [this message]
2009-04-20 18:38 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] " Daniel P. Berrange
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