Re: [PATCH 9/9] qapi: Extend -compat to set policy for unstable interfaces
"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert(a)redhat.com> writes:
* Markus Armbruster (armbru(a)redhat.com) wrote:
> New option parameters unstable-input and unstable-output set policy
> for unstable interfaces just like deprecated-input and
> deprecated-output set policy for deprecated interfaces (see commit
> 6dd75472d5 "qemu-options: New -compat to set policy for deprecated
> interfaces"). This is intended for testing users of the management
> interfaces. It is experimental.
So is there no way to mark the option as unstable?
The closest we have to marking command line options as unstable is
putting them under "Debug/Expert options" in -help.
For option *parameters*, we sometimes use the x- convention.
QAPIfication will give us better tools.