From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52687) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VCaln-00015Q-Ck for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:42:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VCali-0001L9-Hf for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:42:11 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:42591) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VCali-0001Kw-96 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:42:06 -0400 Message-ID: <52166986.9090901@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:41:58 -0600 From: Eric Blake MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1376307710-15641-1-git-send-email-alex@alex.org.uk> <20130822114513.GC27613@stefanha-thinkpad.redhat.com> <5216057B.7040602@redhat.com> <58C9F610-8966-4CD6-A2A7-82BA2B2BDD98@alex.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <58C9F610-8966-4CD6-A2A7-82BA2B2BDD98@alex.org.uk> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="psEtpCGjwUXRfbkJ75LgPrnjH5Q69jR6C" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv4] add qemu-img convert -C option (skip target volume creation) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Alex Bligh Cc: Kevin Wolf , Fam Zheng , Stefan Hajnoczi , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Alexandre Derumier , Paolo Bonzini This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --psEtpCGjwUXRfbkJ75LgPrnjH5Q69jR6C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 08/22/2013 12:03 PM, Alex Bligh wrote: > Paolo, >=20 > On 22 Aug 2013, at 13:35, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >=20 >> Also, this is the same as some HMP commands' "-n" option (live >> snapshots, mirroring, backup) so I suggest to use that name. >=20 > You mean -n instead of -C? Sure I can do that, but is that > something you feel strongly about? I am aware there are a number > of people who have been using the patch with -C for some time. Anyone using a non-upstream patch should already be prepared for upstream to take a different course. Such a user can add -C as a synonym for -n (at least, until upstream DOES add a -C with different semantics), or rewrite their scripts. I too would like to reuse -n for consistency. --=20 Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org --psEtpCGjwUXRfbkJ75LgPrnjH5Q69jR6C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public key at http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJSFmmGAAoJEKeha0olJ0Nqu/MIAJbVTsB+aehcLqwkxxwobZTs SwkfEsBcNNvczYEqAeCgOEypg1uidlDBMUGLmEjvkhmcLgpEX4GSfpO6MkZwEzhK UbY1wA3r/RuT5N/PwYgdh8K1jwOrwYUvyquvFuKpoF9b0fBPRGVZ52KPAfmKoMXZ beVDosRmEvM2N6Ldm4u5ewOx8bym3Fzttz+5o/PBhRD6PC59k7H1vAM795DQy5LQ S8ecu2HLgLljKPVFd+o5IO58U4V23QAMSEO7/2hVxROIG0T4uNAznvQWv4r6hf50 P6JYQBXVjdWVbPiEV4Xh+mcdQK7Xc5bDIg6BXeEN8S44fU7RIBH4yaehidf4B+A= =yFWr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --psEtpCGjwUXRfbkJ75LgPrnjH5Q69jR6C--