[libvirt] "transient" vs "temporary"

Daniel Veillard veillard at redhat.com
Wed Nov 10 12:34:54 UTC 2010


On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 11:07:51PM +1100, Justin Clift wrote:
> On 10/11/2010, at 9:59 PM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> <snip>
> > I prefer the existing terminology of transient+persistent & don't
> > think changing it has any real benefit and the downside that since
> > you can't change all existing content/files out in the wild, we'll
> > get a mix of temporary vs transient forever more. 
> 
> k.  I'll update the wording to be "transient" in the virsh command
> reference stuff as I convert it over.

  Fine by me, "transient" is a less common word but at least its
semantic is clear and not surcharged by many existing use in the
user mind.

Daniel

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