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Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extensi


From: Wouter Verhelst
Subject: Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extension
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:18:56 +0100
User-agent: NeoMutt/20161126 (1.7.1)

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 08:38:12AM +0100, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 12.12.2016 um 19:12 hat Wouter Verhelst geschrieben:
> > I'm not opposed to this proposal, per se, but there seems to be some
> > disagreement (by Kevin, for instance) on whether this extension is at
> > all useful.
> 
> FWIW, I'm not opposed to adding the flag. I don't think it can hurt, but
> I wanted to ask the question so that we don't end up adding a feature
> that noone actually uses. Ultimately it's your call as a maintainer
> anyway how conservative you want to be with spec additions.

I'm not opposed either, but I do agree with you that we shouldn't add
such a feature if it doesn't end up getting used. Especially so if it
burns a flag in the (16-bit) "transmission flags" field, where space is
at a premium.

-- 
< ron> I mean, the main *practical* problem with C++, is there's like a dozen
       people in the world who think they really understand all of its rules,
       and pretty much all of them are just lying to themselves too.
 -- #debian-devel, OFTC, 2016-02-12



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