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Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:28:17 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 16:28:14 +0100 From: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= To: Stefan Hajnoczi Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs/system: clarify deprecation schedule Message-ID: <20200915152814.GJ1502912@redhat.com> References: <20200915150734.711426-1-stefanha@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20200915150734.711426-1-stefanha@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.14.6 (2020-07-11) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=berrange@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline Received-SPF: pass client-ip=205.139.110.120; envelope-from=berrange@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-1.mimecast.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/15 02:11:06 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -50 X-Spam_score: -5.1 X-Spam_bar: ----- X-Spam_report: (-5.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-2.999, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Cc: libvir-list@redhat.com, Peter Maydell , philmd@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 04:07:34PM +0100, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > The sentence explaining the deprecation schedule is ambiguous. Make it > clear that a feature deprecated in the Nth release is guaranteed to > remain available in the N+1th release. Removal can occur in the N+2nd > release or later. > > As an example of this in action, see commit > 25956af3fe5dd0385ad8017bc768a6afe41e2a74 ("block: Finish deprecation of > 'qemu-img convert -n -o'"). The feature was deprecated in QEMU 4.2.0. It > was present in the 5.0.0 release and removed in the 5.1.0 release. > > Suggested-by: Daniel P. Berrangé > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi > --- > v2: > * Use Dan's suggested wording [Daniel Berrange] > --- > docs/system/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++---- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|