Re: [PATCH v3] doc: Define a standard URI syntax for NBD URIs.
On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 03:29:03PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> LGTM, for the most part. One minor detail: should we document that the
> URLs should only be used for newstyle connections? I don't honestly
> think that using oldstyle is a good idea anymore, so we might as well
> drop it and assume that people don't want to try oldstyle anymore, but
> then...
We support it in libnbd and nbdkit!
Longer more serious answer: I don't think we should stop people using
oldstyle even though I agree that newstyle is the superior choice in
every respect. One actual reason to still be using oldstyle is
because you've got some old server which you can't / don't want to
update. I have encountered a few of these in niche places (VMware is
one, and just about any hit for "NBD" on github that was started
before 2010 will be using oldstyle).
Rich.
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