Re: [RFC] Move tools sources to the tools directory (was Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Fix the location of tools manuals)

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 04/02/21 15:22, Wainer dos Santos Moschetta wrote:
> > > -F: docs/interop/virtfs-proxy-helper.rst
> > > +F: docs/tools/virtfs-proxy-helper.rst
> >
> > Unrelated, but Paolo once said helpers are not tools.

I think helpers is not a good word.  However, if an executable:

- can be started directly by QEMU, or is not useful without an emulator

- is usually too complex for a user to run manually

then it should be documented in docs/interop (not docs/tools).  Their 
sources however can be in tools/, that's not a problem at all.

Paolo

> Unrelated too, but allow me to ask:
>
> Should we move the tools (qemu-img, qemu-io, qemu-nbd...etc) to the 
> tools directory (virtiofsd seems to feel alone there)?