[PATCH] news: Document removal of support for .ini style of comments

In previous patches virKeyFile was replaced with its GLib counterpart which created an incompatible change: comments can now begin only with a number sign (#). While this won't probably affect anyone, mention it in the release notes. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> --- docs/news.xml | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml index ae4ee444d0..3de0a4945f 100644 --- a/docs/news.xml +++ b/docs/news.xml @@ -45,6 +45,19 @@ <release version="v6.2.0" date="unreleased"> <section title="New features"> </section> + <section title="Removed features"> + <change> + <summary> + Removed support for INI style of comments + </summary> + <description> + With switching of our internal code to GLib, parsing of config files + is handed over to GLib which does not support <code>INI</code> style + of comments starting with a semicolon (<code>;</code>). Use number + sign (<code>#</code>) instead. + </description> + </change> + </section> <section title="Improvements"> </section> <section title="Bug fixes"> -- 2.24.1

On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 04:10:11PM +0100, Michal Privoznik wrote:
In previous patches virKeyFile was replaced with its GLib counterpart which created an incompatible change: comments can now begin only with a number sign (#). While this won't probably affect anyone, mention it in the release notes.
Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> --- docs/news.xml | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml index ae4ee444d0..3de0a4945f 100644 --- a/docs/news.xml +++ b/docs/news.xml @@ -45,6 +45,19 @@ <release version="v6.2.0" date="unreleased"> <section title="New features"> </section> + <section title="Removed features"> + <change> + <summary> + Removed support for INI style of comments + </summary> + <description> + With switching of our internal code to GLib, parsing of config files
s/parsing of config/parsing of client authentication config/ since only that one config file uses this format
+ is handed over to GLib which does not support <code>INI</code> style + of comments starting with a semicolon (<code>;</code>). Use number + sign (<code>#</code>) instead. + </description> + </change> + </section> <section title="Improvements"> </section> <section title="Bug fixes"> -- 2.24.1
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