[libvirt] [PATCH] virsh: Remove --flags from nodesuspend

[Dave Allan]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 07:16:35AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 10/25/2012 03:03 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> > 
> > While I agree that this design is broken I don't think we can do this.
> > Okay, for now we only support 0; but what if in the future we invent a
> > new flag? With current virsh one is able to use it however with your
> > patch he isn't.
> 
> But you could apply that argument to any number of other interfaces that
> take a flags argument.  virsh simply does not know how to export
> arbitrary flags that were only added to newer servers - you HAVE to
> upgrade your virsh to match.
> 
> > 
> > Therefore I'd rather see slightly different approach. Like we do for
> > other broken options/arguments in virsh - hide it, don't mention it
> > anywhere but keep the code.
> 
> I disagree - there's no point in keeping a hidden argument.  It is a
> disservice to users to make them have to pass a numeric flags value - if
> they know they are talking to a new enough server that supports a new
> flag, then they should be able to upgrade to a new enough virsh that
> exposes that new flag as a human-readable option name, or directly code
> their task using C or python bindings instead of bothering with virsh.
> 
> I think the patch is fine as-is.

+1

Dave

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