Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 09:15:14AM +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. >> >> Acked-by: Niels de Vos <ndevos@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> v2: Mark it as deprecated in the QAPI and print a warning once, too >> >> docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++ >> qapi/block-core.json | 7 ++++++- >> block/gluster.c | 2 ++ >> 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> 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. > > I'd suggest the second half of the sentance can be simplified: > > ", the QEMU project will remove the gluster backend/" > > since marking something as deprecated is a stronger than "might". > We /will/ remove it, unless new informaton comes to light that > makes us re-evaluate the plans. Good point.
