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[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 10:14:35PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin 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. It would help to have a "This spec is superseded by VIRTIO 1.1" link at the top of the VIRTIO 1.0 page. This is pretty common, for example, the IETF RFC pages have a similar header letting you know if a newer RFC obsoletes this one. Stefan