Re: [libvirt] test driver for interface config

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?),