[libvirt] [PATCH] backup: Add news entry for checkpoints

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Tue Jul 30 21:52:59 UTC 2019


Checkpoints are definitely a news-worthy addition, even if the
virDomainBackup API is not going to make it until a later release.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake at redhat.com>
---
 docs/news.xml | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
index 1134309ec2..c7ac960523 100644
--- a/docs/news.xml
+++ b/docs/news.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@
           <code>bochs-display</code> device that was added in qemu version 3.0.
         </description>
       </change>
+      <change>
+        <summary>
+          api: new virDomainCheckpoint APIs
+        </summary>
+        <description>
+          Introduce several new APIs for creating and managing
+          checkpoints in the test and qemu drivers (the latter
+          requires qcow2 images). Checkpoints serve as a way to tell
+          which portions of a disk have changed since a point in time.
+        </description>
+      </change>
     </section>
     <section title="Removed features">
       <change>
-- 
2.20.1




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