On 05/14/2010 09:42 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
It is preferable to query the explicit capability wanted, because version numbers are useless when distros backport features,
Unless distros add their own release number to the version information and libvirt learns about the features they add.
I think that's the sanest approach. Just because a distro backports a feature doesn't mean that it behaves like the upstream version. libvirt really needs to treat distro packages as separate entities from upstream IMHO.
Regards, Anthony Liguori
and when kvm is using kvm-XXX numbering that's completely unrelated to the qemu-X.Y.Z numbering. Version numbers are the last resort if there's no alternative way to determine the capability Daniel
