Re: [PATCH v2] docs: Mark "gluster" support in QEMU as deprecated

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>]

Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> writes:

> On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 09:15:14AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
>> According to https://marc.info/?l=fedora-devel-list&m=171934833215726
>> the GlusterFS development effectively ended. Thus mark it as deprecated
>> in QEMU, so we can remove it in a future release if the project does
>> not gain momentum again.
>> 
>> Acked-by: Niels de Vos <ndevos@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>  v2: Mark it as deprecated in the QAPI and print a warning once, too
>> 
>>  docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++
>>  qapi/block-core.json      | 7 ++++++-
>>  block/gluster.c           | 2 ++
>>  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
>> index ed31d4b0b2..b231aa3948 100644
>> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
>> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
>> @@ -395,6 +395,15 @@ Specifying the iSCSI password in plain text on the command line using the
>>  used instead, to refer to a ``--object secret...`` instance that provides
>>  a password via a file, or encrypted.
>>  
>> +``gluster`` backend (since 9.2)
>> +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> +
>> +According to https://marc.info/?l=fedora-devel-list&m=171934833215726
>> +the GlusterFS development effectively ended. Unless the development
>> +gains momentum again, the QEMU project might remove the gluster backend
>> +in a future release.
>
> I'd suggest the second half of the sentance can be simplified:
>
>    ", the QEMU project will remove the gluster backend/"
>
> since marking something as deprecated is a stronger than "might".
> We /will/ remove it, unless new informaton comes to light that
> makes us re-evaluate the plans.

Good point.