Re: [PATCH 9/9] qapi: Extend -compat to set policy for unstable interfaces

[Markus Armbruster]

"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com> writes:

> * Markus Armbruster (armbru@redhat.com) wrote:
>> New option parameters unstable-input and unstable-output set policy
>> for unstable interfaces just like deprecated-input and
>> deprecated-output set policy for deprecated interfaces (see commit
>> 6dd75472d5 "qemu-options: New -compat to set policy for deprecated
>> interfaces").  This is intended for testing users of the management
>> interfaces.  It is experimental.
>
> So is there no way to mark the option as unstable?

The closest we have to marking command line options as unstable is
putting them under "Debug/Expert options" in -help.

For option *parameters*, we sometimes use the x- convention.

QAPIfication will give us better tools.