On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:06:09AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > On 24.03.2017 23:10, John Snow wrote: > > > > > > On 03/08/2017 03:26 AM, Thomas Huth wrote: > >> > >> Hi everybody, > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> 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? > >> > >> Thomas > >> > > > > As others have stated, we need a few releases to deprecate things first. > > > > Maybe we should develop a serious plan to develop some of our legacy > > interfaces first. > > > > Maybe 2.10 can introduce a list of things we want to deprecate, > > 2.11 can be the transition release, > > and then 3.0 can cut the cord and free of us our terrible burden? > > > > I have a list of things I want to axe... > > I've started a Wiki page with such a list here: > > http://wiki.qemu-project.org/Features/LegacyRemoval
It would be nice to get rid of the legacy -net option in 3.0.0. I have added it and included pointers to loose ends. I think this is doable but will require some time to achieve. Stefan
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