Re: [Xen-devel] [xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: fix compile error of libvirt

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 21:42 +0000, Jim Fehlig wrote:
> Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Note that the API for libxl has changed in xen-unstable.hg compared to
> > 4.1, and further changes are forthcoming.  So there will have to be
> > changes in libvirt.
> >   
> 
> I suppose libvirt is the only out-of-tree libxl app feeling this pain :-(.

We're sorry about this, we felt it was necessary to break the API
between 4.1 and 4.2 in order that we can support a stable API from 4.2
onwards (I think we discussed this at the time?). From 4.2 onwards we
will make changes in a compatible way or provide compatibility shims etc
or in extreme circumstances do things in a way which is easily
detectable e.g. via configure tests.

I was wondering the other day if "libxl v2" support for libvirt might
make a nice GSoC project, what do you think? Would you be interested in
mentoring such a project?

Ian.


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