From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34708C433F5 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2021 06:01:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DFD79610C7 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2021 06:01:03 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org DFD79610C7 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:36922 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mfbzi-0000hy-OX for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2021 02:01:02 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34014) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mfbyB-0008Jw-Mq for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2021 01:59:27 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([216.205.24.124]:47754) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mfby9-0003iY-Vq for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2021 01:59:27 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1635314365; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=YqIG7OT4x5FAgX+vBdO0B/jKBn7EiB0zpJ5LEwRqUaA=; b=erJ31RhDHHtN6418kKkv2QNhvFMFhspKVgaylopR8Ntp7WVNw5cy3q33yP+StjS75X7hNT GOnw+A/xx6x4KsSfQsPWBzc7VWRQPX+TC7SK5zzgjeN2HLu6+FXt5lZo3SaIV8QQdC5e3m Y6bpVP50Qn8qUwyWM/rbiCMS6a14FBA= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-499-PeOG9t9BP8WfXjkGsP2BRA-1; Wed, 27 Oct 2021 01:59:21 -0400 X-MC-Unique: PeOG9t9BP8WfXjkGsP2BRA-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.13]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 828461B18BC0; Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:59:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blackfin.pond.sub.org (ovpn-112-7.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.112.7]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B39660862; Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:59:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blackfin.pond.sub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2DDD911380A7; Wed, 27 Oct 2021 07:59:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus Armbruster To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] qapi: Extend -compat to set policy for unstable interfaces References: <20211025052532.3859634-1-armbru@redhat.com> <20211025052532.3859634-10-armbru@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 07:59:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: (David Alan Gilbert's message of "Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:45:32 +0100") Message-ID: <878ryfc8k3.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=armbru@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain Received-SPF: pass client-ip=216.205.24.124; envelope-from=armbru@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, pkrempa@redhat.com, berrange@redhat.com, ehabkost@redhat.com, qemu-block@nongnu.org, quintela@redhat.com, libvir-list@redhat.com, eblake@redhat.com, mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, pbonzini@redhat.com, marcandre.lureau@redhat.com, jsnow@redhat.com, libguestfs@redhat.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" writes: > * Markus Armbruster (armbru@redhat.com) wrote: >> New option parameters unstable-input and unstable-output set policy >> for unstable interfaces just like deprecated-input and >> deprecated-output set policy for deprecated interfaces (see commit >> 6dd75472d5 "qemu-options: New -compat to set policy for deprecated >> interfaces"). This is intended for testing users of the management >> interfaces. It is experimental. > > So is there no way to mark the option as unstable? The closest we have to marking command line options as unstable is putting them under "Debug/Expert options" in -help. For option *parameters*, we sometimes use the x- convention. QAPIfication will give us better tools.