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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: laurent.vivier@bull.net
Cc: kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	"Jorge Lucángeli Obes" <t4m5yn@gmail.com>,
	qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Réf. : Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH][RFC] Allowing QEMU to directly executeadirectory (and storing command line options in it)
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:09:13 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708312206120.28586@racer.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OF5352114A.9C6CEEE4-ONC1257348.006F117A-C1257348.006F1248@frec.bull.fr>

Hi,

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, laurent.vivier@bull.net wrote:

> I think passing only the directory name is better because it can be like 
> a "black box" : the user don't have to know how it is inside.

I consider this a super downside.

"If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it [your 
software]."

> And it is much more simple to use "qemu my_pc" than "qemu -c 
> my_pc/config".

_Much_ more simple?  Not really.

Having said that, it should not be a big problem to change the source just 
for _you_, so that if "my_pc" could not be opened, it automatically tries 
"my_pc/config".  Trivial.

Ciao,
Dscho

  reply	other threads:[~2007-08-31 21:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-31 20:13 [Qemu-devel] Réf. : Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH][RFC] Allowing QEMU to directly executeadirectory (and storing command line options in it) laurent.vivier
2007-08-31 21:09 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2007-09-01 14:22   ` [kvm-devel] [Qemu-devel] Réf. : " Avi Kivity
2007-09-01 22:59     ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-01  0:19 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: Réf. : Re: [kvm-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2007-09-01  5:44   ` Luke -Jr
2007-09-01  8:05     ` pterjan
2007-09-03  9:12   ` Laurent Vivier
2007-09-01  0:52 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: [kvm-devel] Réf. : " Daniel P. Berrange

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