Re: [PATCH 2/2] qemu-option: warn for short-form boolean options

2020-11-09 Thread Markus Armbruster
Paolo Bonzini writes: > On 06/11/20 17:49, Markus Armbruster wrote: >>> Deprecate all this, except for -chardev and -spice where it is in >>> wide use. >> I consider this a misuse of deprecation, to be frank. If something is >> known to be unused, we just remove it. Deprecation is precisely for

Re: [PATCH 2/2] qemu-option: warn for short-form boolean options

2020-11-06 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 06/11/20 17:49, Markus Armbruster wrote: Deprecate all this, except for -chardev and -spice where it is in wide use. I consider this a misuse of deprecation, to be frank. If something is known to be unused, we just remove it. Deprecation is precisely for things that are used. I'm with Dani

Re: [PATCH 2/2] qemu-option: warn for short-form boolean options

2020-11-06 Thread Markus Armbruster
Paolo Bonzini writes: > Options such as "server" or "nowait", that are commonly found in -chardev, > are sugar for "server=on" and "wait=off". This is quite surprising and > also does not have any notion of typing attached. It is even possible to > do "-device e1000,noid" and get a device with

[PATCH 2/2] qemu-option: warn for short-form boolean options

2020-11-05 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Options such as "server" or "nowait", that are commonly found in -chardev, are sugar for "server=on" and "wait=off". This is quite surprising and also does not have any notion of typing attached. It is even possible to do "-device e1000,noid" and get a device with "id=off". Deprecate all this, e