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

[Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 15:24:51 +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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> 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.

Shouldn't also the 'gluster' enum entry of 'BlockdevDriver'
(qapi/block-core.json) be marked as deprecated?