Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 11 of 23] libxl: make libxl_device_console internal

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Campbell writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 11 of 23] libxl: make 
libxl_device_console internal"):
> On Mon, 2012-02-20 at 19:20 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Ian Campbell writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH 11 of 23] libxl: make 
> > libxl_device_console internal"):
> > > libxl: make libxl_device_console internal
...
> > Isn't it likely that at some future point we will re-expose this
> > difference, for example by providing a different set of access
> > functions ?
> 
> Very likely. However I didn't want to design or commit to an API in the
> total absence of users.
> 
> When a user does come along it is much easier to add a completely new
> API rather than to fix an existing broken one. It's easier to do this in
> a manner which users of the library can cope with in a compatible way
> e.g. adding a new API is easier to check for with ./configure.

Good point.

Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Ian.

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