On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:37:15 +0200 Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Il 22/04/2013 08:55, Gerd Hoffmann ha scritto: > >>> >> Question for the libvirt guys: Is it ok for libvirt to just extend the > >>> >> existing screendump command? Can libvirt figure there is a new > >>> >> (optional) parameter? See patch #5. > >> > > >> > Nope, QMP can't do that. I argued for such capabilities, but the > >> > "create a new command" philosophy prevailed. > >> > > >> > Go forth and multiply commands! And have fun picking command names that > >> > aren't fugly. > > Oh joy. Lets just enumerate things & use "screendump2" ... > > QMP can't do that _yet_. > > Let's fix it instead... The point is that we have chosen not to do so a while ago. In a nutshell, Anthony thinks that we should have the same compatibility contract of a C API.
