Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 2/2 (for 2.10)] docs: document deprecated features in appendix

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 11:35:53AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 19.07.2017 12:08, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > The deprecation of features in QEMU is totally adhoc currently,
> > with no way for the user to get a list of what is deprecated
> > in each release. This adds an appendix to the doc that records
> > when each deprecation was made and provides text explaining
> > what to use instead, if anything.
> > 
> > Since there has been no formal policy around removal of deprecated
> > features in the past, any deprecations prior to 2.10.0 are to be
> > treated as if they had been made at the 2.10.0 release. Thus the
> > earliest that existing deprecations will be deleted is the start
> > of the 2.12.0 cycle.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <address@hidden>
> > ---
> >  qemu-doc.texi | 168 
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 168 insertions(+)
> [...]
> > address@hidden -monitor default=on (since 2.4.0)
> > +
> > +The ``default'' option to the ``-monitor'' argument is
> > +now ignored. When multiple monitors were enabled, it
> > +indicated which monitor would receive log messages
> > +from the various subsystems. This feature is no longer
> > +required as messages are now only sent to the monitor
> > +in response to explicitly monitor commands.
> 
> BTW, seems like it's the "-mon" option, not the "-monitor" option that
> has this "default" parameter?

Yes, you are right.

Regards,
Daniel
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