[libvirt] [RFC/PATCH python] expose the bindings version to Python

[Doug Goldstein]

On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Eric Blake <eblake at redhat.com> wrote:
> On 12/11/2013 08:43 PM, Doug Goldstein wrote:
>> The method getVersion() retrieves the version of the libvirt library
>> that the binaries are linked against but there is no way to retrieve the
>> version of the bindings you are using. In the future if we support new
>> APIs in Python that don't rely on features in the library there needs to
>> be a way for programmers to detect the version.
>> ---
>> I would expect there's a cleaner way to implement this than I've done
>> but I opted for what I saw as the smallest implementation. If anyone
>> has a suggestion for a better way to do this I'm ok with redoing this
>> patch.
>
> The idea sounds sane to me.
>
>> ---
>>  libvirt-override.py |  3 +++
>>  setup.py            | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> Alas, my python is too weak to give either a meaningful review to the
> code, or to suggest an alternative.  :(
>
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> Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
> Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
>

Ping for some more feedback from others.

-- 
Doug Goldstein