Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 00/25] qmp: add async command type

[Marc-André Lureau]

On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 4:35 PM Markus Armbruster <address@hidden> wrote:

> Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >> One of the most important maintainer duties is saying "no".  It's also
> >> one of the least fun duties.
> >>
> >>
> > It doesn't sound like a "no" :)
>
> Well, it's as close to "no" as you can get in a situation that's going
> to change!  It's a straight "no" for the current situation, and a
> "maybe" for a future situation that will be different in ways we don't
> yet understand.
>
> I'm *not* encouraging you to pursue asynchronous QMP commands.  In fact,
> I never did, at least not knowingly.  It's your decision.  All I offer
> is what I offer to all patch submitters: my best effort at a fair
> hearing.
>

My understanding is that you are mainly against the new client 'async'
capability. We disagree on the added complexity for the client though, as
in my opinion it already exists today in some hidden form. So would you
revisit the conclusion if the client 'async' capability is removed? The
series would still bring internal async capability, fix screendump bug and
do a bit of cleanup.


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Marc-André Lureau