Am 08.03.2017 um 09:26 hat Thomas Huth geschrieben: > what will be the next version of QEMU after 2.9? Will we go for a 2.10 > (as I've seen it mentioned a couple of times on the mailing list > already), or do we dare to switch to 3.0 instead? > > I personally dislike two-digit minor version numbers like 2.10 since the > non-experienced users sometimes mix it up with 2.1 ... and there have > been a couple of new cool features in the past releases that would > justify a 3.0 now, too, I think.
We never really defined what major version numbers meant (except "Anthony felt like using a new one"), so it's kind of arbitrary and we could decide either way. I don't think double digit minor version numbers make the switch necessary, though. We went up to 0.15 before without any problems. When this was discussed in IRC a while ago, the consensus seemed to be 2.10, so that's what I've been talking about since then - and from what I read, it seems most other people are still expecting the same. > But anyway, the more important thing that keeps me concerned is: Someone > once told me that we should get rid of old parameters and interfaces > (like HMP commands) primarily only when we're changing to a new major > version number. As you all know, QEMU has a lot of legacy options, which > are likely rather confusing than helpful for the new users nowadays, > e.g. things like the "-net channel" option (which is fortunately even > hardly documented), but maybe also even the whole vlan/hub concept in > the net code, or legacy parameters like "-usbdevice". If we switch to > version 3.0, could we agree to remove at least some of them? If we want to go this way, maybe this would actually be an argument for doing a 2.10 first to give people enough time to think about any incompatible changes they would like to make and then do 3.0 one release later. Kevin
