Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] docs: automated info about machine deprecation/removal info

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Tue, May 06, 2025 at 05:00:19PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> Since we deprecate and remove versioned machine types on a fixed
> schedule, we can automatically ensure that the docs reflect the
> latest version info, rather than requiring manual updates on each
> dev cycle.
> 
> The first patch in this series removes the hack which postponed
> automatic removal of versioned machine types to the 10.1.0 release,
> since we're now in the 10.1.0 dev cycle.
> 
> The second patch in this series fixes the logic to ensure dev snapshots
> and release candidates don't have an off-by-1 error in setting
> deprecation and removal thresholds - they must predict the next formal
> release version number.
> 
> The following three patches deal with the docs stuff.

series:
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>

> Changed in v3:
> 
>  - Remove mistaken mention of 'ppc', only 'ppc64' has versioned
>    machine types
> 
> Changed in v2:
> 
>  - Remove hack that temporarily postponed automatic deletion
>    of machine types
>  - Fix docs version info for stable bugfix releases
> 
> Daniel P. Berrangé (5):
>   Revert "include/hw: temporarily disable deletion of versioned machine
>     types"
>   include/hw/boards: cope with dev/rc versions in deprecation checks
>   docs/about/deprecated: auto-generate a note for versioned machine
>     types
>   docs/about/removed-features: auto-generate a note for versioned
>     machine types
>   include/hw/boards: add warning about changing deprecation logic
> 
>  docs/about/deprecated.rst       |  7 ++++
>  docs/about/removed-features.rst | 10 +++---
>  docs/conf.py                    | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++-
>  include/hw/boards.h             | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  4 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.49.0