From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34418) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zwn9y-0000Id-5b for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 03:23:11 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zwn9t-0007kh-92 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 03:23:10 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:56627) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zwn9t-0007kd-45 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 03:23:05 -0500 Received: from int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.24]) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B03EF3B71A for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 08:23:04 +0000 (UTC) From: Markus Armbruster References: <1447279028-2114-1-git-send-email-eblake@redhat.com> <1447279028-2114-3-git-send-email-eblake@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 09:23:02 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1447279028-2114-3-git-send-email-eblake@redhat.com> (Eric Blake's message of "Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:57:08 -0700") Message-ID: <87d1vfvd7d.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.5 2/2] input: Promote 'input-send-event' to stable API List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Eric Blake Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, kraxel@redhat.com Eric Blake writes: > We've had 'x-input-send-event' since 2.3, with no further > changes to the interface other than tweaks in the previous patch > to the spelling of the enum constants ('X' and 'WheelUp' changed > to 'x' and 'wheel-up'). > > What's more, changing the spelling of enum constants is not easy > to introspect prior to 2.5; so a client that was relying on the > experimental command can't easily tell which spelling is expected. > But 'query-commands' works in all qemu versions that supported > the command, so renaming the command now makes it an easy thing > to determine which spelling of the enum values to use. > > Thus, it's time to promote this interface to stable. The x- goes back to commit df5b2ad: input: move input-send-event into experimental namespace Ongoing discussions on how we are going to specify the console, so tag the command as experiental so we can refine things in the 2.3 development cycle. Have we settled "how we are going to specify the console"? If yes, commit, please. If no, I'm afraid the command should stay experimental.