Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] virsh: add --start option to the define command

> We have virDomainDefineXML with no flags, but we have virDomainCreateXML > with flags; maybe the better approach is to add a new creation flag that > says that in addition to starting the domain, we also make it persistent > at the same time. > > But if we do that, it would argue that 'virsh create --persistent > blah.xml' is nicer than 'virsh define --start blah.xml', at least in > that the former needs only 1 API call for new libvirt (but falls back to > 2 API calls when talking to older libvirt), while the latter always > needs 2 API calls. > > Or maybe it means we need to add virDomainDefineXMLFlags(). > > Anyone else want to throw some paint on the bikeshed on how best to make > the user experience nicer? While I think the virsh idea is fine, I don't want to see this done at the virDomainDefine API level, since it just duplicates functionality already present. Just have virsh make an API call to the existing create API.