[Qemu-devel] Re: Commit 99a0949 (using the mailing list)

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Anthony Liguori wrote:
> I've reverted 99a0949.  It's not necessarily a bad change to make but 
> something that's so invasive as that absolutely requires some 
> discussion before hand.  Avoiding "bike-shedding" is not a valid 
> argument for avoiding the list.
>
> For instance, I find the naming to be truly awful and would have liked 
> some discussion on a more reasonable naming convention.
>
> I have a very large set of patches in my queue (over 200) that I'm 
> testing and trying to commit.  A lot of other people do.  If we're 
> going to make a change like this, it's very important to coordinate 
> with people so that they can flush their queues and avoid massive 
> merge head-ache.

After talking to malc, I have to take a fair bit of the blame here.  I 
made a comment in another thread that I thought that this sort of change 
was a good idea.  While I do think it's a good idea, I could have been 
more clear that it was a change that needed some more planning and 
discussion.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori