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[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add -version-simple argument, printing only


From: Jes Sorensen
Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add -version-simple argument, printing only version number.
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 08:54:29 +0200
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On 05/14/10 15:21, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> On 05/13/2010 03:32 AM, address@hidden wrote:
>> From: Jes Sorensen<address@hidden>
>>
>> Add -version-simple argument for QEMU, printing just the version
>> number, without any supporting text.
> 
> I'm not a huge fan of the name.

It was the lesser evil I could come up with since -version was already
taken, but I am open to alternatives.

> But what information are we trying to convey?  Just major/minor number
> or would qemu-kvm also throw some info in there?
> 
> Do version numbers even matter because 0.13 from qemu.git is going to be
> a hell of a lot different from 0.13 in RHEL6.x.
> 
> What are the consumers of this information actually doing with it?

I think this has already been discussed, I was off on Friday so I'll
leave it to the other thread.

Cheers,
Jes



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