Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/7] qemu-img: allow specifying image as a set of options args

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 11:10:27AM -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 12/22/2015 11:07 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> 
> > A third option would be to keep using positional arguments, but
> > add a '--source-opts' *boolean* flag to indicate how to interpret
> > the positional arguments.  ie without --source-opts we use the
> > historic syntax, but with --source-opts, we assume the full QemuOpts
> > syntax.
> 
> Oh, nice compromise. It's relatively discoverable (grep --help output),
> preserves back-compat of old scripts, and offers the full power for
> clients that want the full power.

I've implemented this now and it makes the patches soooo much simpler
too, so an added win.

Regards,
Daniel
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