From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AAAAC43461 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:47:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A77CD208E4 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:47:09 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="cqHT7uHa" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org A77CD208E4 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:34418 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kHpl6-0001Vu-QS for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:47:08 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54348) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kHpWu-0000fI-Ul for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:32:29 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com ([205.139.110.120]:42964 helo=us-smtp-1.mimecast.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kHpWs-0002sr-4g for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:32:28 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1600093944; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=MbjXg/tr5NJidRCp1NxTRuMBj5nSWST9axGLSKjhneg=; b=cqHT7uHaTXirb/tVAuYUsYW7Ncr6V5h9jhhhSa7yCKAGhPp11t89Z7/sUHC9UQB7Z0jNWN jSEn5KFdN4MXD3VPxdRWcMuveRg1FM8wVoD2CiJcu6LO3hiFXevRxABATQxbMNJQtGWI3h uJIwGqYfhe9b09ARY9x+C41s7xyDSd8= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-428-mwe4vugHNwuoIN8qe6vP6Q-1; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:32:19 -0400 X-MC-Unique: mwe4vugHNwuoIN8qe6vP6Q-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.13]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 570D11005E5D; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:32:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.3.113.68] (ovpn-113-68.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.68]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F53276E16; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:32:11 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs/system: clarify deprecation scheduled To: =?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_P=2e_Berrang=c3=a9?= , Stefan Hajnoczi References: <20200811104736.17140-1-stefanha@redhat.com> <20200914142146.GN1252186@redhat.com> From: Eric Blake Organization: Red Hat, Inc. Message-ID: <5ccbee6a-cbf7-d790-457f-b15c3eef5c1e@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:32:11 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20200914142146.GN1252186@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=eblake@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0.001 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US Received-SPF: pass client-ip=205.139.110.120; envelope-from=eblake@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-1.mimecast.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/14 01:39:17 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -38 X-Spam_score: -3.9 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-1.792, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.001, 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: , 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 9/14/20 9:21 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 11:47:36AM +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. >> > So we're changing > > The feature will remain functional for 2 releases prior to actual removal. > > to > > The feature will remain functional for 1 more release after deprecation. > > How about > > The feature will remain functional for the release in which it was > deprecated and one further release. After these two releases, the > feature is liable to be removed. Longer, but definitely conveys more information in an easier-to-understand format. -- Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3226 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org