On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 05:00:27PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > Isn't the *right* solution to this problem to finally add property > > set/get interface for the things people actually want to modify, like > > boot flags? > > Do you mean things like the current 'virsh attach-device' / 'virsh > detach-device' interface? I hope not... that's just as bad as editing the domain XML. > I'm responding here to a need that sysadmins feel they have -- to edit > the configuration file (even if it's XML). Witness an endless series > of questions on this subject on the #virt channel yesterday. Right. But to my mind you're fixing the symptom not the problem. *Why* do they need to edit the XML? I ask this of everybody who complains at me about having to edit XML: 99% of the time it's wanting to change boot flags, but it's also stuff like turning off ACPI, setting on_crash, etc. Editing XML is absolutely not user friendly, and adding 'edit' just papers over the real problems IMHO. regards john -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list