On 5/26/20 2:37 PM, Aleksandar Markovic wrote:
>>>
>>> +mips ``fulong2e`` machine (since 5.1)
>>> +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
>>> +
>>> +This machine has been renamed ``fuloong2e``.
>>> +
>>
>> Libvirt doesn't have any special handling for this machine so this
>> shouldn't impact us.
>>
>
> Well, Peter,
>
> I was also wondering libvirt listed as a recipient, and I think it
> creates unneeded noise in your group, but Philippe uses some his
> system for automatic picking of recipients, and libivrt somehow
> appears there during that process. Philippe, either correct that
> detail in this particular component of your workflow, or change
> entirely your system for recipient choice - the current workflow
> creates incredible amount of noise, wasting time of many people.
>
> This happened before in case of deprecating an ancient mips machine,
> that absolutely doesn't have anything to do with linvirt.
See commit b02c9bc35a0:
MAINTAINERS: New section "Incompatible changes", copy libvir-list
Libvirt developers would like to be copied on patches to qemu-doc
appendix "Deprecated features". Do them the favor.
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>
What says Peter is as a libvirt maintainer he is fine with this
deprecation, as it doesn't have side effect on libvirt.
Similarly with the previous "ancient mips machine".
>
> In some large companies, there where some analysis on how much is the
> cost of sending an e-mail to all people in the company, in terms of
> wasting time on reading or just seeing such email. The result was:
> such single e-mail costs the company $2000 - in wasted time of its
> employees.
>
> Aleksanadar
>
