[lxc-devel] create api

[Serge Hallyn]

Quoting Dwight Engen (dwight.engen at oracle.com):
> On Wed, 15 May 2013 08:56:27 -0500
> Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> 
> > Quoting Dwight Engen (dwight.engen at oracle.com):
> > > On Tue, 14 May 2013 14:13:45 -0500
> > > Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I'd like to rewrite lxc-create to be c (calling out to the c
> > > > templates which continue to be scripts for the most part).
> > > > Unfortunately right now the lxcapi_create() just takes arguments
> > > > to send to the lxc-create script.
> > > > 
> > > > I could either dump the existing lxcapi_create function, replace
> > > > it with something close to the lxcapi_clone, and update the
> > > > current callers, or I can write a new function lxcapi_create2,
> > > > keeping lxcapi_create() as calling the c program (which then calls
> > > > lxcapi_create2 :).
> > > > 
> > > > The only reason to go with lxcapi_create2 would be for out of tree
> > > > callers (which includes the go bindings).  Since we're not at 1.0
> > > > yet we don't guarantee anything about api stability (for exactly
> > > > this reason), but I thought I'd ask anyway what you all thought.
> > > 
> > > I'd vote for trying to keep the API as clean as possible until 1.0,
> > > but
> > 
> > Sorry, I'm not sure on this - by clean do you mean clean it up, or do
> > you mean keep it unchanged?
> 
> Sorry I wasn't clear: I mean change it so as to keep the API clean and
> consistent (ie. don't make an lxcapi_create2, just change lxcapi_create
> until 1.0).
> 

Thanks, just making sure :)

-serge