From: Peter Krempa <[email protected]>

Add a note that the filename should match the final version number and
that it's expected to do an update after the given qemu version gets
released.

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <[email protected]>
---
 tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/README.rst | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/README.rst 
b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/README.rst
index 3cc0ec4784..093e6fb62d 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/README.rst
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/README.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ or::

 ``$QEMUVERSION``

-  Numeric representation of the qemu version, e.g.: ``7.0.0``
+  Numeric representation of the qemu version, e.g.: ``7.0.0`` of the dump. In
+  case when the dump is obtained from a currently developed tree
+  (see `Unreleased qemu versions`_) filename should match the expected
+  final version.

 ``$ARCHITECTURE``

@@ -110,6 +113,16 @@ Place the captured output ``.replies`` file into this 
directory and run::
 This runs the test-suite instructing it to update and/or generate all new data
 the test would normally expect.

+Unreleased qemu versions
+------------------------
+
+Generally the repository should contain only dumps from released qemu trees
+without any extra patches.
+
+A notable exception is the currently developed version. It is acceptable to
+submit dumps from current master provided that they are updated to the final
+state of the code when the version becomes released.
+
 Manual modifications the ``.replies`` file
 ==========================================

-- 
2.51.0

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