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

[Anthony Liguori]

On 02/18/2011 11:43 AM, Stefan Weil wrote:
> Is maintaining an additional file format really so much work?
> I have only some personal experience with vdi.c, and there maintainance
> was largely caused by interface changes and done by Kevin.
> Hopefully interfaces will stabilize, so changes will become less 
> frequent.
>
> A new file format like fvd would be a challenge for the existing ones.

FVD isn't merged because it's gotten almost no review.  If it turns out 
that it is identical to an existing format and an existing format just 
has a crappy implementation, it wouldn't be merged in favor of fixing 
the existing format.

But if it has a compelling advantage for a reasonable use-case, it will 
be merged.

I don't know where this whole discussion of "strategic formats" for QEMU 
came from but that's never been the way the project has operated.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori