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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Spice project is now open
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To: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
Cc: Yaniv Kamay <ykamay@redhat.com>, Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 13:04 -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> But to introduce another protocol where a user has to make a choice to 
> use Spice over VNC, I think we need a really good justification for 
> that.  It's really about complexity.  A user shouldn't have to know 
> about Spice or VNC.  They shouldn't have to contemplate the trade-offs 
> of whether their management tool is aware or not.  It should Just Work. 

That's a good goal.

If we add a new protocol, we could achieve the same thing by allowing
qemu support both VNC and Spice at runtime. Then you just need a client
like virt-viewer that can handle both protocols, and old VNC clients
will continue to be able to connect to newer qemu.

Cheers,
Mark.