[libvirt] RFC: Splitting python binding out into a separate repo & ading to PyPi

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 02:13:58PM +0200, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote:
> The 03/09/13, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> 
> > Err, what API changes are you talking about ?  Both the libvirt C API,
> > and any language bindings, including the python, are intended to be long
> > term stable APIs. We only ever add new APIs or flags - never change
> > existing APis.
> 
> I can't give a precise example, sorry. I had a wrong surprise in the
> late 2010 and since kept far from the python bindings. I might change to
> rely on the bindings if you actually think APIs are long term stable.

They have always been stable & will continue to be stable. Of course
sometimes there may be bugs in particular releases that get fixed, but
that's normal & would not be changing the semantics of the APIs in an
backwards-incompatible manner.


Daniel
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