Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.5 2/2] input: Promote 'input-send-event' to stable API

[Markus Armbruster]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> We've had 'x-input-send-event' since 2.3, with no further
> changes to the interface other than tweaks in the previous patch
> to the spelling of the enum constants ('X' and 'WheelUp' changed
> to 'x' and 'wheel-up').
>
> What's more, changing the spelling of enum constants is not easy
> to introspect prior to 2.5; so a client that was relying on the
> experimental command can't easily tell which spelling is expected.
> But 'query-commands' works in all qemu versions that supported
> the command, so renaming the command now makes it an easy thing
> to determine which spelling of the enum values to use.
>
> Thus, it's time to promote this interface to stable.

The x- goes back to commit df5b2ad:

    input: move input-send-event into experimental namespace
    
    Ongoing discussions on how we are going to specify the console,
    so tag the command as experiental so we can refine things in
    the 2.3 development cycle.
    
Have we settled "how we are going to specify the console"?  If yes,
commit, please.  If no, I'm afraid the command should stay experimental.