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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] configure: Drop AIX host support
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Thomas Huth |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] configure: Drop AIX host support |
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Tue, 5 Sep 2017 10:15:54 +0200 |
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On 05.09.2017 10:04, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 08:09:17PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
>> On 04.09.2017 19:19, Peter Maydell wrote:
>>> Nobody has mentioned AIX host support on the mailing list for years,
>>> and we have no test systems for it so it is most likely broken.
>>> We've advertised in configure for two releases now that we plan
>>> to drop support for this host OS, and have had no complaints.
>>
>> We just added this some weeks ago to our qemu-doc.texi:
>>
>> "Prior to the 2.10.0 release there was no official policy on how long
>> features would be deprecated prior to their removal, nor any documented
>> list of which features were deprecated. Thus any features deprecated
>> prior to 2.10.0 will be treated as if they were first deprecated in the
>> 2.10.0 release."
>>
>> Should we maybe wait two more releases (for version 3.0 ;-)) 'till we
>> remove it?
>
> The deprecation policy is for features which currently work and which we
> expect to have actual users. Neither is the case with AIX support, so I
> don't see any reason to keep it longer.
OK, then let's remove the dead AIX code in 2.11 already!
Thomas
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] configure: Drop AIX host support, Laurent Vivier, 2017/09/04
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] configure: Drop AIX host support, Kamil Rytarowski, 2017/09/04
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] configure: Drop AIX host support, Greg Kurz, 2017/09/05
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] configure: Drop AIX host support, Stefan Hajnoczi, 2017/09/05
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] configure: Drop AIX host support, Peter Maydell, 2017/09/08