On 10/09/2013 07:46 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: >> Consistent output, as long as we accept exactly one of the two names on >> input, seems reasonable to me. Then again, if we released documentation >> of one particular spelling, it's better to preserve that spelling for >> back-compat, even if inconsistent. As we didn't document ANY name >> (whether 'unit' or 'units'), I'd much rather output a consistent name. > > The current libvirt releases print 'units' and the libvirt-glib and > libvirt-sandbox libraries are parsing 'units', so renaming it to > 'unit' will break that.
So back-compat IS a concern, and we MUST output 'units'. So much for consistency, but back-compat wins every time. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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