From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Egger Subject: Re: libxl API changes for 4.2 (Was: Re: [PATCH] libxl: do not expose libxenctrl/libxenstore headers via libxl.h) Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:12:15 +0200 Message-ID: <4DA576FF.2090805@amd.com> References: <3aecf852f357e9217144.1302103165@localhost.localdomain> <19868.35898.53337.358242@mariner.uk.xensource.com> <4D9D9263020000780003A58E@vpn.id2.novell.com> <1302166342.27835.22.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> <19869.35524.73748.363114@mariner.uk.xensource.com> <4DA52169.5080502@novell.com> <1302689173.5997.22.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1302689173.5997.22.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Ian Campbell Cc: Jim Fehlig , "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , Stefano Stabellini , Ian Jackson , Beulich , Jan List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On 04/13/11 12:06, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 05:07 +0100, Jim Fehlig wrote: >> Stefano Stabellini wrote: >> Seems best for clients >> to target new releases (4.1, 4.2, ...) and expect branch releases >> (4.1.1, 4.1.2, ...) to have a stable API? > > That seems like a reasonable expectation to me. Any user of libxl should be able to ask for the API version and can have different backends for the different API versions then. Christoph -- ---to satisfy European Law for business letters: Advanced Micro Devices GmbH Einsteinring 24, 85689 Dornach b. Muenchen Geschaeftsfuehrer: Alberto Bozzo, Andrew Bowd Sitz: Dornach, Gemeinde Aschheim, Landkreis Muenchen Registergericht Muenchen, HRB Nr. 43632