Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools/xl: Add 'xen_version' to `xl info`

[George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Andrew Cooper
<andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Getting the full Xen version in an easily scriptable way is awkward,
> especially if trying to piece together from xen_{major,minor,extra}.
>
> This reflects $(XEN_FULLVERSION) in the build system (but under a more
> sensible name, as $(XEN_VERSION) is just the major number).
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

I can see the point, but it seems a bit redundant to have the version
info printed twice.

This makes me wonder if it might make sense to have options to print
just individual items; e.g.:

xl info --xen_version

or perhaps

xi info --format="%{xen_version}"

or something.

-George

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