Comment # 6 on bug 966061 from Martin Pluskal

(In reply to Bernhard Wiedemann from comment #5)
> (In reply to Martin Pluskal from comment #4)
> > Why not do something like:
> > # qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 /var/lib/libvirt/images/sle12.qcow2
> > 
> > Step with nbd-client is not necessary
> 
> that would indeed cover the most important use-case
> just not viewing/editing images over the network.
> 
> Any chance to get qemu-nbd support the new style proto
> or nbd-client to support oldstyle? Otherwise, please close as WONTFIX.

Not sure about qemu-nbd, but asking about return of dropped legacy support is a
bit funky -> anyway imo it is upsteam issue of qemu-nbd, so perhaps it would be
better to ask there.