[libvirt PATCH] capabilities: report full external snapshot support

[Peter Krempa]

On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 17:29:49 +0200, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
> Now that deleting and reverting external snapshots is implemented we can
> report that in capabilities so management applications can use that
> information and start using external snapshots.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina at redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/formatcaps.rst                            | 6 ++++++
>  src/conf/capabilities.c                        | 1 +
>  src/conf/capabilities.h                        | 1 +
>  src/conf/schemas/capability.rng                | 5 +++++
>  src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c                   | 1 +
>  tests/qemucaps2xmloutdata/caps.aarch64+hvf.xml | 1 +
>  tests/qemucaps2xmloutdata/caps.aarch64.xml     | 1 +
>  tests/qemucaps2xmloutdata/caps.ppc.xml         | 1 +
>  tests/qemucaps2xmloutdata/caps.ppc64.xml       | 1 +
>  tests/qemucaps2xmloutdata/caps.riscv64.xml     | 1 +
>  tests/qemucaps2xmloutdata/caps.s390x.xml       | 1 +
>  tests/qemucaps2xmloutdata/caps.sparc.xml       | 1 +
>  tests/qemucaps2xmloutdata/caps.x86_64+hvf.xml  | 1 +
>  tests/qemucaps2xmloutdata/caps.x86_64.xml      | 1 +
>  14 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/formatcaps.rst b/docs/formatcaps.rst
> index f7e5342654..0e056914b8 100644
> --- a/docs/formatcaps.rst
> +++ b/docs/formatcaps.rst
> @@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ The ``<guest/>`` element will typically wrap up the following elements:
>        external disk snapshots are supported. If absent, external snapshots may
>        still be supported, but it requires attempting the API and checking for an
>        error to find out for sure. :since:`Since 1.2.3`
> +   ``externalSnapshot``
> +      If this element is present, the hypervisor supports creating, deleting and
> +      reverting external snapshots including memory state and management
> +      applications can switch from internal snapshots to external snapshots.
> +      :since:`Since 9.7.0`

This implies that 'creation' of external snapshots is also included in
the "Sice 9.7.0". Reword it such that you explicitly mention that
creation of external snapshots is a long-existing feature.

You can also entirely omit 'creation' from the text as it's covered by
'disksnapshot' above.