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[Cornelia Huck <mst@redhat.com>]

On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 22:14:35 +0300 "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> wrote: > What should we call the next version of the virtio spec? > > The issue is that unfortunately current > spec versions all have "latest" link to > http://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.0/virtio-v1.0.html > > Also, Google search for virtio still tends to turn up csprd01 > and that has the above link in it. > > I asked about adding links to > http://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/latest/final/virtio-latest.html > http://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/latest/final/virtio-latest.pdf > > but did not get a response so apparently no go. > > Options: > > 1. virtio 1.0 cs05. > Pros: latest link will point to the correct version. > Cons: seems to be confusing to people - 1.0 is a product so one > would expect 1.0 be in bugfixes-only mode at this point. > And what would we call a bugfix branch if we ever made one? > > 2. virtio 1.1 > Pros: internet searches will start finding the new version (although > there's a risk it will get struct at csprd01 again). > Cons: latest links from 1.0 will not point at this one. > > 3. virtio 2.0 > Pros: publicity. people will know it's a new spec. > Also, this leaves an option to do a bugfix release and call it 1.1. > Cons: people might get confused thinking it's not backwards compatible. > > Let's discuss here a bit, then do a ballot. Ah, I voted first :) Let me copy/paste my comment here: I'd prefer 1.1 for the following reasons: - It is an incremental improvement over 1.0 (new device types, small enhancements) - There are no changes queued for which we would need to introduce a backward compat mode - We need to distinguish from 1.0, which is in bugfix only mode