Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> writes: > On 3 January 2013 19:00, Anthony Liguori <aligu...@us.ibm.com> wrote: >> Thanks, applied. > > So we now say "char device redirected to /dev/pts/5 (compat_monitor0)" > rather than "char device compat_monitor0 redirected to /dev/pts/5" ? > I think that's a reduction in clarity and it's sad that we have to do it. > > I also think that everywhere we have something with a specific > format which we're retaining for the benefit of libvirt we should > have big warning comments saying "Do not change this because > libvirt versions older than X.Y depend upon the exact text". > Otherwise we'll just trip over the same bugs again later.
I don't intend that we keep this forever. But it's hardly compelling to do it one way vs. the other so compatibility wins. Regards, Anthony Liguori > > -- PMM
