Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Strategic decision: COW format

[Anthony Liguori]

On 02/18/2011 01:11 PM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> > A new file format like fvd would be a challenge for the existing ones.
> > Declare its support as unsupported or experimental, but let users
> > decide which one is best suited to their needs!
> >      
> Basically this is what we did for QED. In hindsight I consider it a
> mistake because it set a bad precedence of inventing something new
> instead of fixing what's there.

I don't see how qcow3 is fixing something that's there since it's still 
an incompatible format.

It'd be a stronger argument if you were suggesting something that was 
still fully compatible with qcow2 but once compatibility is broken, it's 
broken.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>   I really don't want to convert all my
> images each time to take advantage of new qemu version.
>
> Kevin
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