Re: [PATCH] Deprecate C virtiofsd

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* Daniel P. Berrangé (berrange@redhat.com) wrote:
> 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" <dgilbert@redhat.com>
> > > > 
> > > > There's a nice new Rust implementation out there; recommend people
> > > > do new work on that.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  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.

OK, I can remember to forget.

Dave

> Regards,
> Daniel
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