On 07/01/2016 16:54, Janosch Frank wrote: > On 01/07/2016 04:41 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> >> >> On 10/12/2015 13:12, Janosch Frank wrote: >>> The OptionParser is deprecated since the introduction of the >>> ArgumentParser in 2.7. >>> >>> Additionally added a description text for the script, so new users >>> don't have to guess its purpose and inner workings. >> >> QEMU still supports 2.6, so this cannot be done. >> >> Paolo >> > > I guess you don't want to have the dependency on the python-argparse > package which is provided down to 2.3?
I would at least make it a separate patch, because unlike other patches in this series it would require a mention in the release notes. One would also have to check whether the supported Linux distributions include it (for example, RHEL6 only includes it since RHEL6.4; I don't know about SLES-11). Paolo