Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/9] spice: add mouse

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> > Again this is libspice interface (and I think also wire protocol), so
> > I can't change it. I can convert dz into some button_mask bits before
> > calling kbd_mouse_event, but looking at the vnc code it seems qemu
> > expects the mouse wheel events being passed via dz not button_state.
>
> That's unfortunate but understood. Is Spice considered a stable API/wire
> protocol at this point?

Yes.  There are version numbers though, so we can add new messages and 
use them in case both server and client are new enough.  Unfortunaly 
this makes the keyboard f*ckup only slightly less messy as we'll have to 
support both old+new way for compatibility reasons.  Oh well.

cheers,
  Gerd