Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] char: report frontend open/closed state in 'query-chardev'

[Laszlo Ersek]

On 05/29/14 23:05, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 05/29/2014 02:43 PM, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> 
>>>> +#                 backend (eg. with the chardev=... option) is in open or
>>>> +#                 closed state (since 2.2)
>>>
>>> Why 2.2? Are you saying it is too late to make the 2.1 soft freeze?
>>
>> I thought that reviewers would immediately question the direction of the
>> patchset (ie. monitor events + new query field), and not just suggest
>> tweaks; so 2.2 seemed safer. Perhaps I can make it till the 2.1 soft
>> freeze (June 17th), but that depends (as I've learned now) on Wenchao's
>> series too.
> 
> Actually, I think your series and Wenchao's are mostly orthogonal -
> either could go in first, and it's just fine if one hits 2.1 while the
> other waits till 2.2.  It's just a matter of code churn, where getting
> both in means whoever is second has to consider the code added in the
> meantime (either your series is tweaked to use the qapi generation, or
> Wenchao's series is tweaked to convert "one" more event).

I'm thinking about resuming work on this. Wenchao's series has been
applied (ends at commit 75175173). We're between soft and hard freeze
now. Should I aim at 2.1 or 2.2?

Thanks!
Laszlo