[libvirt] [PATCH] Allow custom metadata in network configuration XML

[Peter Krempa]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 12:26:22 -0400, Laine Stump wrote:
> On 06/24/2016 07:01 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 16:05:50 -0600, Brnadon Bennett wrote:
> >> From: Brandon Bennett <bbennett at fb.com>
> >>
> >>      This replicates the metadata field found in the domain configuration
> >>      and adds it to the network configuration XML.
> > Just a few notes before Laine pushes the patch:

[...]

> As Brandon commented elsewhere, there is still the 
> virNetwork(Get|Set)Metadata() APIs to add, but even the ability to have 
> it in the XML is useful (for example, in the case of a network hook script).

The setter API is necessary if you want to tweak the metadata for a
running network, so it's necessary for any kind of dynamic metadata.
It's okay to add it later though similarly as it was done with domain
metadata.

Peter