On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 10:39:29AM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > On 26/06/2018 18:06, Eduardo Habkost wrote: > >> On the other hand I see no benefit in changing a default that people are > >> obviously not using (since most people use KVM, not TCG). Distros will > >> keep shipping, and people will keep using qemu-kvm even if we change the > >> default. > > > > Not changing the default is different from promising we will keep > > ABI compatibility if the accelerator is omitted. I just want to > > get rid of the latter. > > I understand; what I don't understand is why do the latter unless you > plan to change the default.
Why should we make a compatibility promise if we don't have to? Making and keeping promises have a cost, and I'd like us to spend our energy elsewhere. -- Eduardo
