Re: [libvirt] test driver for interface config

On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 12:37:51AM -0400, Laine Stump wrote: > On 04/10/2009 06:47 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > >On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 02:21:20PM -0400, Laine Stump wrote: > > > >>So, in the interest of getting the most useful stuff into the code in > >>the shortest time, here is a proposed schedule of what to do when. All > >>of these things will be done before the entire task is considered > >>complete, but some will be finished 2 releases from now rather than for > >>the next release. Each of the steps will be committable in their own > >>right, thus allowing maximum use before release: > >> > >>1) implement a live interface driver that is simply a passthrough to > >>netcf, no parsing/formatting of XML, just a conduit. This will give us > >>something that can demonstrate the new functionality and be useful. > >> > > > >I'm afraid this isn't really going to fly. The libvirt public interface > >is defined by C library API/ABI, and the XML format. To provide the > >guarenteed stability & consistency of this interface across releases, > >we need to have the XML parser & formatting included in libvirt & used > >by all the driver impls. > > > Yes. I completely agree. I'm just saying that can't be done by the end > of next week (isn't that when the freeze for the next release will be?), I don't see any compelling reason why we absolutely must have this ready for next release. I prefer to wait until the code is more developed than rushing to meet an unneccessary artificial date. I know this is listed as a Fedora 12 feature, but there's many months yet before feature freeze for that release, so plenty of dev time yet.