[PULL 5/6] docs/about/removed-features: auto-generate a note for versioned machine types

We remove versioned machine types on a fixed schedule. This allows us to auto-generate a paragraph in the removed-features.rst document that always has accurate version info. Tested-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd(a)linaro.org&gt; Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth(a)redhat.com&gt; Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/about/removed-features.rst | 10 ++++++---- docs/conf.py | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index 790a5e481c..063284d4f8 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -981,10 +981,12 @@ from Linux in 2021, and is not supported anymore by QEMU either. System emulator machines ------------------------ -Note: Versioned machine types that have been introduced in a QEMU version -that has initially been released more than 6 years before are considered -obsolete and will be removed without further notice in this document. -Please use newer machine types instead. +Versioned machine types (aarch64, arm, i386, m68k, ppc64, s390x, x86_64) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +In accordance with our versioned machine type deprecation policy, all machine +types with version |VER_MACHINE_DELETION_VERSION|, or older, have been +removed. ``s390-virtio`` (removed in 2.6) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py index 60dcf2a541..248ff8cf5d 100644 --- a/docs/conf.py +++ b/docs/conf.py @@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ minor += 1 ver_machine_deprecation_version = "%d.%d.0" % (major - 3, minor) +ver_machine_deletion_version = "%d.%d.0" % (major - 6, minor) # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation # for a list of supported languages. @@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ vars = { "CONFDIR": confdir, "VER_MACHINE_DEPRECATION_VERSION": ver_machine_deprecation_version, + "VER_MACHINE_DELETION_VERSION": ver_machine_deletion_version, } rst_epilog = "".join([ -- 2.49.0