Re: [PATCH] NEWS: Announcing Network Metadata APIs

Ref to patchset implementing the above: https://listman.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2023-August/241250.html Signed-off-by: K Shiva Kiran <shiva_kr(a)riseup.net&gt; --- NEWS.rst | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 73571f0019..01df22ef03 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -17,6 +17,32 @@ v9.7.0 (unreleased) * **New features** + * network: Support for `<title>` and `<metadata>` fields in Network XML + + The `<title>` attribute can hold a short title defined by the user + and cannot contain newlines. + The `<description>` attribute holds any documentation that the user + wants to store. + + * network: Support to view and modify User defined metadata + + Two new APIs `virNetworkGetMetadata()` and `virNetworkSetMetadata()` + have been introduced. These allow users to view and modify the + contents of `<title>`, `<description>` and `<metadata>`. + + * virsh: Introduces new commands `net-desc` and `net-metadata` + + `net-desc` can be used to view and modify the Network's title and + description attributes. + `net-metadata` can be used to define or modify the custom metadata + attribute of the Network object. + + * virsh: Adds `--title` option to the `net-list` command + + This option prints the <title> attribute of the network in + an extra column. This option is usable only with the default + `--table` output.