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Re: libxl API changes for 4.2 (Was: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: do no

To: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: libxl API changes for 4.2 (Was: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: do not expose libxenctrl/libxenstore headers via libxl.h)
From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:00:50 +0100
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On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 11:12 +0100, Christoph Egger wrote:
> On 04/13/11 12:06, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 05:07 +0100, Jim Fehlig wrote:
> >> Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> >>    Seems best for clients
> >> to target new releases (4.1, 4.2, ...) and expect branch releases
> >> (4.1.1, 4.1.2, ...) to have a stable API?
> >
> > That seems like a reasonable expectation to me.
> 
> Any user of libxl should be able to ask for the API version
> and can have different backends for the different API versions then.

In an ideal world, sure. I don't think we have the manpower, test
throughput, etc to implement this sort of scheme for the changes made
post-4.1. Perhaps once the API stabilizes this will become more
plausible.

Ian.



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