From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GbyI7-0006Nv-SF for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:48:27 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GbyI6-0006NF-Ev for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:48:27 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GbyI6-0006NC-5z for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:48:26 -0400 Received: from [134.130.3.131] (helo=ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_MD5:16) (Exim 4.52) id 1GbyI6-0002xB-1w for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:48:26 -0400 Received: from r220-1 (r220-1.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.3.31]) by ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 2 (built Jul 14 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J7L003IE7FKEK@ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de> for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:47:44 +0200 (MEST) Received: from [137.226.40.101] (pc42.xtal.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.40.101]) by relay.rwth-aachen.de (8.13.7/8.13.3/1) with ESMTP id k9NBlhYM002234 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:47:43 +0200 (MEST) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:48:54 +0200 From: Jan Marten Simons Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] config file support In-reply-to: <46d6db660610230358k5f7a2bacuf81f93edc69abb82@mail.gmail.com> Message-id: <453CAC26.7000700@xtal.rwth-aachen.de> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <200610221751.50317.rob@landley.net> <46d6db660610230358k5f7a2bacuf81f93edc69abb82@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org In my opinion config files should _always only_ be *an alternative* to a long command line. Basically you should be able to do anything with both configuration options, be it command line or a config file (or a combination of both). Ciao, Jan Christian MICHON schrieb: > On 10/22/06, Rob Landley wrote: >> As a random end-user, I really like being able to run qemu without a >> config >> file, configuring it entirely on the command line. I'd be highly >> disappointed if qemu turned into another Wine. >> >> Rob > > we've a lot to gain from it. Think twice: the shell and the host you use > behaves in a certain way because of the way you write the command line. > > Migrate to a different OS for the host and you might be done for: I > believe the config file support will help solving problems and debug, > but most important will help promote qemu usage to the rest of > the community (understand: non-developpers). > > Rob: you're far from being a random user, right ? :) >