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 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 smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6C8DDC433F5 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:58:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:48660 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nIDiZ-0001s6-JO for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:58:55 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53298) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nID5U-0001Or-Mp for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:18:32 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]:25919) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nID5S-0002c3-QY for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:18:32 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1644513510; h=from:from:reply-to: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=q4Q1c5IO1mdzA0mB6MXswlOABxcmOmHrFNnmfy/jX+U=; b=bOieq9Y80hHyNV2ZxbU/5ATy57dbfpxRXKR5f57WqSkWDyq3jkOwOT+W1zfVQ+hYjUsYOX Creav7QMCZ+kv4vO7HFZRzPX4lJLC3a5ZbnFSyEXLeq5rHWNNZTTCNO0sDJDlaiE+jhz+L RynZk2FMOM2OI7FIefmDOVBNmW/B1CY= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-652-X-0gE4E3MEOXP2L5Hp4mVA-1; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:18:26 -0500 X-MC-Unique: X-0gE4E3MEOXP2L5Hp4mVA-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C5EE98145E1 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:18:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (unknown [10.39.193.239]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EFEEF838E5; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:18:00 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:17:57 +0000 From: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Deprecate C virtiofsd Message-ID: References: <20220209165040.56062-1-dgilbert@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/2.1.5 (2021-12-30) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 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-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=berrange@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Cc: virtio-fs@redhat.com, slp@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, stefanha@redhat.com, vgoyal@redhat.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 05:13:19PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > * Daniel P. Berrangé (berrange@redhat.com) wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 04:50:40PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote: > > > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" > > > > > > There's a nice new Rust implementation out there; recommend people > > > do new work on that. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert > > > --- > > > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ > > > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) > > > > > > diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > > > index 47a594a3b6..3a0e15f8f5 100644 > > > --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst > > > +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > > > @@ -454,3 +454,17 @@ nanoMIPS ISA > > > > > > The ``nanoMIPS`` ISA has never been upstreamed to any compiler toolchain. > > > As it is hard to generate binaries for it, declare it deprecated. > > > + > > > +Tools > > > +----- > > > + > > > +virtiofsd > > > +''''''''' > > > + > > > +There is a new Rust implementation of ``virtiofs`` at > > > +``https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd``; > > > +since this is now marked stable, new development should be done on that > > > +rather than the existing C version in the QEMU tree. > > > +The C version will still accept fixes and patches that > > > +are already in development for the moment. > > > > Just to be clear, 'deprecation' is usually expected to turn into > > 'deletion' a minimum of 2 releases later. We are targetting the > > C virtiofsd to be deleted, right ? The last sentance here gives > > vibes that we're expecting it to stick around despite deprecation. > > I am targeting it to be deleted, but I'm expecting to give it a bit > more time than 2 releases; how do I do that? You can forget to remove it after 2 releases, which is what happens with many deprecations :-) '2' is really just the minimum bar in practice. 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 :|